Service difficulty report · Light · Cvac 440

Difficulty date
July 11, 2000
Submitted
July 28, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N161FL
Make and model
Cvac 440
Aircraft serial
430
Part
Light
Part number
820014196
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Cockpit
Part time
15,000 hours
Component
Annunciator Pane · Gendyn
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

CREW EN ROUTE MMCS/ELP, THEY LOWERED LANDING GEAR AND DID NOT RECEIVE A DOWN/LOCKED LIGHT FOR THE LEFT MAIN GEAR (INTRANSIT). LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED NOR DID THEY RECEIVE A GEAR HORN. THEY OPTED TO MAKE A FLYBY. THE TOWER WOULD NOT CONFIRM THE GEAR WAS DOWN. CREW PERFORMED A SERIES OF HIGH G--MANUEVERS AND STILL DID NOT RECEIVE A GEAR DOWN LOCKED INDICATION. CREW MADE ANOTHER FLYBY AND TOWER THEN INDICATING THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN AND LOCKED. THE CREW LANDED THE PLANE WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTION OF ACFT REVEALED THE LIGHT ASSY WAS DEFECTIVE. REPLACED LIGHT. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (X)