Landing Gear: Nose/Tail Landing Gear Attach Section

FAA Aviation Safety SPECIAL AIRWORTHINESS INFORMATION BULLETIN SAIB: NM-10-45 SUBJ: Landing Gear: Nose/Tail Landing Gear Attach Section Date: August 11, 2010 This is information only. Recommendations aren’t mandatory.

Introduction

This Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) advises registered owners and operators of Cessna Aircraft Company Model 680 and 750 airplanes of an airworthiness concern regarding a discrepancy in the nose landing gear extension mechanism.

Background

Cessna Aircraft Company Model 680 and 750 nose landing gear doors are linked to the torque tubes with over-center linkages. These linkages are spring loaded to the outboard over-center position, but could be pushed out of position inadvertently during cleaning, maintenance, or other activities in the nose gear bay. If these linkages are not in the correct position, the nose gear may retract, but not properly extend. There is no cockpit indication if these linkages are out of position, but there would be cockpit indication if the nose gear did not properly deploy once the landing gear is selected down. At this time, the airworthiness concern is not an unsafe condition that would warrant Airworthiness Directive (AD) action under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) Part 39.

Recommendations

The FAA recommends complying with the following guidance, in addition to reviewing approved maintenance procedures for Model 680 and 750 airplanes to verify that the temporary changes and the checklists therein, as identified in the below table, have been incorporated into the applicable airplane flight manual (AFM).

• Review Cessna operational advisory titled “Nose Gear Door Preflight Inspection” – Internet www.cessnasupport.com/articles/NoseGearDoorPreflightInspection.pdf. • Ensure that the preflight inspection in the applicable Cessna operating procedures is done. • Ensure that the instructions in Chapter 52-80-20, Section 3.B.(5) of the Model 680 airplane maintenance manual are incorporated.

AFM/Checklist Airplane Model Serial Numbers Temporary Change (TC) 68FM-07 680 68FM TC-R07-08 68CLNP-07 680 68CLNP TC-R07-02 68FM-08 680 None 68CLNP-08 680 None 75FM-11 750 – Serial numbers 1 through 172 inclusive 75FM TC-R11-12 75CLNP-11 750 – Serial numbers 1 through 172 inclusive 75CLNP TC-R11-01 1

AFM/Checklist Airplane Model Serial Numbers Temporary Change (TC) 75CLANP-11 750 – Serial numbers 1 through 172 inclusive 75CLANP TC-R11-02 75FMA-01 750 – Serial numbers 173 and subsequent 75FMA TC-R01-47 75CLBNP-01 750 – Serial numbers 173 and subsequent 75CLBNP TC-R01-05

For Further Information Contact

David Fairback, Aerospace Engineer, Systems and Propulsion Branch, ACE-116W, Wichita Aircraft Certification Office, 1801 Airport Rd. Room 100, Mid-Continent Airport, Wichita, Kansas 67209; telephone: (316) 946-4154; fax: (316) 946-4107; e-mail: [email protected].

For Related Service Information Contact

Cessna Aircraft Co., P.O. Box 7706, Wichita, Kansas 67277; telephone 316-517-6215; fax 316-517-5802; e-mail [email protected]; Internet https://www.cessnasupport.com/newlogin.html. 2