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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 525B · Ft. Lauderdale, FL · May 6, 2010

Date
May 6, 2010 · 10:43 local
Place
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Airport
Ft. Lauderdale Executive
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N125PL
Reported as
Cessna 525B
Reported engine
Williams FJ44-3A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On a cross country trip from Oklahoma city to exhuma Bahamas the PIC received a gear unlock warning light while attempting to extend the landing gear to land the aircraft at exhuma . The PIC decided to return to Florida and landed the aircraft at ft Lauderdale executive airport without any incident. Cessna mobile service troubleshoot the problem and found a faulty gear monitor pcb board the board was replaced and the problem was resolved . A few days later the problem reoccured and Cessna service center in wichita KS troubleshoot the problem and found out that the NLG actuator assembly was the main cause of the problem. The aircraft was returned to service.

As the FAA filed it

ON A CROSS COUNTRY TRIP FROM OKLAHOMA CITY TO EXHUMA BAHAMAS THE PIC RECEIVED A GEAR UNLOCK WARNING LIGHT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT AT EXHUMA . THE PIC DECIDED TO RETURN TO FLORIDA AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AT FT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT WITHOUT ANY INCIDENT. CESSNA MOBILE SERVICE TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM AND FOUND A FAULTY GEAR MONITOR PCB BOARD THE BOARD WAS REPLACED AND THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED . A FEW DAYS LATER THE PROBLEM REOCCURED AND CESSNA SERVICE CENTER IN WICHITA KS TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM AND FOUND OUT THAT THE NLG ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY WAS THE MAIN CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.