SDR 2010F00251

Service difficulty report · Downlock Switch · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
December 11, 2010
Submitted
December 13, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N113AX
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UC41
Aircraft time
58,031 hours, 56,619 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A60A
Part
Downlock Switch
Part number
1003810061
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Nlg
Part time
4,580 hours, 3,787 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

ON APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT, THE GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN BUT THERE WAS NO INDICATION THE NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. THE GEAR WAS CYCLED SEVERAL TIMES AND CYCLED MANUALLY ONCE BUT THERE WAS STILL NO NOSE GEAR DOWN INDICATION. THE ACFT RETURNED TO BASE. ON APPROACH THE GEAR WAS AGAIN SELECTED DOWN AND THIS TIME ALL GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED. A TOWER FLY-BY WAS CONDUCTED AS A SAFETY PRECAUTION AND THE ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX TROUBLESHOT THE PROBLEM TO A INTERMITTENT NOSE GEAR DOWNLOCK SWITCH AND REPLACED THE SWITCH.

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