Landing Gear Is Our Specialty
Want to minimize your downtime? We maximize your aircraft usage by shipping overhauled Landing Gear that’s customized to your King Air Serial Number and configuration. You simply swap out your old gear with ours and ship us your gear back in the same secure shipping container.
Unlike most overhaul shops, we provide the Attach Hardware which includes all the necessary installation hardware so you don’t have to worry about re-using questionable or old hardware.
Option #1: Exchange
The most popular choice for our customers.
Our Minimize Your Downtime Exchange Program was created for your convenience. We send you a completely overhauled set of King Air Landing Gear and the Attach Hardware that specifically fits your King Air Serial Number and configuration. There is essentially no downtime with our Exchange Program besides removing and installing the gear on your end.
*If you prefer to have your landing gear inspected before you receive an exchange set, this is also an option with the benefit of no core deposit and knowing the upfront cost beforehand.
Option #2: Overhaul
Prefer to keep your landing gear?
Choose our Overhaul option. We will disassemble, clean, remove all paint, inspect, repair, assemble, and paint your King Air landing gear. All King Air landing gear includes freshly cad-plated or new attach hardware. This option requires no core deposit and generally takes around 2-3 weeks depending on repairs needed. We guarantee we’ll have your King Air landing gear better than new.
Always Included With Landing Gear Sets
Our Landing Gear set includes all components required to complete the 6 year/72 month Special Inspection requirements per Chapter 5 of Beechcraft King Air Maintenance Manuals and Chapter 32 of Component Maintenance Manuals.
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Attach Hardware
Technical Support
Post Installation Check-List
Frequently Asked Questions
+ Shipping
Shipping us your gear
We can either send you a box or you can tie everything to a pallet and build a box around it. For shipping, you can use your freight company or we can supply you with prepaid shipping documents—check with us on this as we have reasonable rates with FedEx and other freight carriers.
Sending gear to you
Our shipping process is as quality as your landing gear. We pack your overhauled components so they’re safe and sound in a foam base that wraps and cushions the gear for a smooth delivery to your shop.
+ Core Deposit
Core deposit may be required. Contact us for more information.
+ Attach Hardware
Since all of our overhaul/exchange components come with new or freshly cad-plated attach hardware, we ask that you return all of your attach hardware with your landing gear.
+ Charge-Backs
Charge backs are mostly unknown until we inspect your returned core components. In most cases, we can give you a ballpark estimate based on your past experience and normal wear items. We can discuss these items with you before you order your exchange components.
Upon inspection of your core landing gear components, there may be additional charges for discrepancies that are beyond the scope of a normal overhaul. Due to the many variations, dynamics, complexity, age, and history of each landing gear system, until your cores go through our inspection process, we can only estimate as to what you may expect in bill backs.
Quality Parts: Rather than replace condemned parts with only factory-new, our staff subscribes to online inventory websites to find cost effective replacement parts and pass the savings to you.
Failure to return all original hardware with core components can result in bill backs. Charge Backs will also occur upon finding missing, corroded, or cracked parts and parts worn beyond allowable limits. (Bushings, standard hardware excluded).
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+ Inspection Frequencies & Tolerances
Parts Main Frequency
| Part | Type | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Main Landing Gear Shock Absorber | Inspect/Overhaul | every 8,000 cycles or 6 years |
| Main Landing Gear Drag Brace | Inspect/Overhaul | every 8,000 cycles or 6 years |
| Main Landing Gear Axle and Torque Knees | Inspect/Overhaul | every 8,000 cycles or 6 years |
| Nose Landing Gear Shock Absorber | Inspect/Overhaul | every 8,000 cycles or 6 years |
| Nose Landing Gear Drag Brace | Inspect/Overhaul | every 8,000 cycles or 6 years |
| Landing Gear Motor | Overhaul | every 8,000 cycles or 6 years |
| Landing Gear Actuator | End Playcheck | every 1,000 cycles or 30 months |
| Landing Gear Actuator Clevis | Hole Inspect | every 1,000 cycles |
| Main Landing Gear Torque Knee AD 2002-01-10 | Inspect (if applicable) | every 1,000 cycles or 2 years |
| Nose Landing Gear Axle and Fork AD 2004-23-02 | Inspect (if applicable) | every 200 hours |
Tolerances
Phase Inspection: A tolerance of ± 20 hours is allowed. Each phase inspection must be completed within 20 hours of the prescribed time.
Special Inspection Items: Calendar Date Limited: A tolerance of ± 12 days per 12 calendar months is allowed, not to exceed a total of 60 calendar days.
Special Inspection Items: Flight Cycle Limited: A tolerance to ± 10% is allowed.
Special Inspection Items-Hourly Limited: A tolerance to ±10% is allowed.
Overhaul and Replacement Items: No tolerance allowed
The Trace Difference
Our Attention
You speak directly to one of our FAA Certified A&P mechanics from the very beginning of the project, to completion.
Our Custom Care
We identify your King Air landing gear needs that are custom tailored to aircraft serial number and configuration.
Our Innovation
We provide innovative upgrades to overhauled components and with our Exchange Program we minimize your downtime.
Our Quality
FAA certified repair station with an international presence (EASA certified), we are proud of the product we deliver.