SDR 2010F00218

Service difficulty report · Selector Switch · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
October 29, 2010
Submitted
November 2, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N625FX
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
2116
Aircraft time
1,019 hours, 833 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE731*
Part
Selector Switch
Condition
Misinstalled
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

UPON DECENT, CREW PLACED LANDING GEAR SELECTOR SWITCH IN THE DOWN POSITION AT WHICH TIME THE GEAR DID NOT RESPOND. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DEPLOYED THE LANDING GEAR USING THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES CONTAINED WITHIN THE AIRPLANE FLIGHT MANUAL (AFM). THE ACFT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. SUBSEQUENT RECTIFICATION OF THE DISCREPANCY BY MX PERSONNEL REVEALED THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR SWITCH HAD A WIRE INCORRECTLY INSTALLED, THIS WIRE WAS REINSTALLED CORRECTLY AND ALL OPS CHECK WERE PERFORMED SATISFACTORILY, AND NO FURTHER FAULTS WERE FOUND.