Service difficulty report · Downlock Switch · Cessna 550

Difficulty date
December 14, 2005
Submitted
December 19, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N332CS
Make and model
Cessna 550
Aircraft serial
5501081
Aircraft time
1,850 hours, 1,233 cycles
Part
Downlock Switch
Condition
Shorted
Location
Mlg
Part time
1,850 hours, 1,233 cycles
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G, J
Precautionary procedure
L, A

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

What was found

ON FINAL, MLG WOULDN`T EXTEND NORMAL. ONLY NLG EXTENDED AND C/B WOULD POP. NLG RETRACTED & A/C DIVERTED. ON APPROACH, MLG LEVER SELECTED DOWN & NLG EXTENDED AND C/B AGAIN POPPED. PULLED EMERG EXTEND HANDLE, DISCOVERED HANDLE WOULD NOT COME OUT & MLG STILL FAILED TO EXTEND. ATTEMPTED IN FLT MANEUVER TO TAKE WEIGHT OFF MLG & UPLOCKS, MANEUVER EXECUTED AND PULLED EMERGENCY HANDLE. ALL 3 GEAR FREE FELL & LOCKED DOWN. DID AN EMERG BLOW DOWN AS A PRECAUTION. DECLARED EMERG. UNEVENTFUL LANDING, RT MLG DOWNLOCK SWITCH FOUND TO HAVE BENT PIN CAUSING SHORT SO ACTUATOR REPLACED. INABILITY TO ACTIVATE EMERG RELEASE MECHANISM ATTRIBUTED TO FRICTION IN SYS DUE TO MLG DOOR ADJUSTMENT & STIFF UPLOCK ROLLER BEARINGS.

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