Service difficulty report · Bulb · Cessna 550

Difficulty date
May 8, 2007
Submitted
May 10, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N334CS
Make and model
Cessna 550
Aircraft serial
5501089
Aircraft time
2,542 hours, 1,905 cycles
Part
Bulb
Part number
S33682
Condition
Burned Out
Location
Mlg Indicator
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
L

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ON APPROACH INTO LAS THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR UNLOCK LIGHT FAILED TO ILLUMINATE UPON GEAR EXTENSION AND INDICATOR LIGHT TEST. THE APPRAOCH WAS ABORTED AND A GO AROUND WAS PERFORMED. THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE WAS FOLLOWED AS PER THE CHECLIST AND AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS DECLARED INTO LAS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDING WAS UNSEVENTFUL. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE INDICATOR LIGHT BULBS BURNED OUT. THE LIGHT BULBS WERE REPLACED, GEAR SWINGS PERFORMED AND SYSTEM OPS OK.

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