SDR 2004FA0000825

Service difficulty report · Relay · Beech F33A

Difficulty date: September 23, 2004
Submitted: October 21, 2004
Operation: General aviation
Aircraft: N5519A
Make and model: Beech F33A
Aircraft serial: CE1337
Engine: Cont IO520*
System (JASC): 3230 · Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System
Part: Relay
Part number: SM50D7
Condition: Intermittent
Location: Mlg
Stage of operation: NR
How discovered: 9
Nature of condition: O
Precautionary procedure: O

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

What was found

PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND NOTHING HAPPENED, SELECTED GEAR DOWN AGAIN AND GEAR CAME DOWN. UP ON FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND RELAY WAS INTERMITTENT, PROBABLE CAUSE AT TIME, UNKNOWN, THIS IS SUPPOSE TO BE AN IMPROVED RELAY SO THERE IS NO RECOMMENDATIONS AT THIS TIME.

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