Service difficulty report · Relay · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
April 11, 2010
Submitted
April 14, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N886MA
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Aircraft serial
UE86
Aircraft time
17,304 hours, 23,474 cycles
Part
Relay
Part number
MS24171D1
Condition
Stuck
Location
Landing Gear
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

ON DESCENT TO LAND, PILOT PUT LANDING GEAR HANDLE IN DOWN POSITION AND GEAR FAILED TO GO INTO DOWN AND LOCK POSITION. CONTROL CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. PILOT ELECTED TO RESET BREAKER AND GEAR WENT TO DOWN AND LOCK POSITION AND ALL TREE GEAR LIGHTS CAME ON. BREAKER AGAIN POPPED. AIRCRAFT FERRIED GEAR DOWN TO HOME BASE. TROUBLESHOOTING SYSTEM FOUND GEAR CONTROL RELAY STUCK CLOSED, AND TIME DELAY RELAY CIRCUIT BOARD BAD. REPLACED CONTROL CIRCUIT BOARD AND CONTROL RELAY AND ALL SYSTEMS FUNCTION PROPERLY. BELIEVE LANDING GEAR CONTROL RELAY STUCK IN THE CLOSED POSITION CAUSING TIME DELAY RELAY CIRCUIT BOARD TO FAIL.

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