Service difficulty report · Downlock Switch · Swrngn SA227*

Difficulty date
February 18, 2001
Submitted
May 9, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N1119K
Make and model
Swrngn SA227*
Aircraft serial
830B
Part
Downlock Switch
Condition
Faulty
Location
Lt Mlg
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

LEFT MLG DOWN LIGHT DIDN''T COME ON. THE PRESS TO TEST SHOWED BULB WORKED. CREW CHECKED FOR GEAR DOWN BY PULLING POWER BACK TO IDLE, THERE WAS NO GEAR HORN SOUNDING. THIS MEANT THE GEAR WAS DOWN BECAUSE THE HORN IS RUN FROM THE OTHER HALF OF THE GEAR DOWN SWITCH. GEAR SWITCH FAILURE. SWITCHES WERE CLEANED, GEAR WAS CYCLED 12 TIMES ON THE JACKS. NO PROBLEMS WERE NOTED. AIRCRAFT WAS TEST FLOWN WITH NO PROBLEMS. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE A ONE TIME OR EXTREMELY INTERMITTENT SWITCH PROBLEM. (M)