Service difficulty report · Actuator · Emb EMB500

Difficulty date
July 12, 2010
Submitted
July 12, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N68ER
Make and model
Emb EMB500
Aircraft serial
50000011
Aircraft time
276 hours, 179 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
0110083100
Part serial
46708228
Condition
Failed
Location
Mlg
Part time
276 hours, 179 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

NUMEROUS SYS FAILURES WERE INDICATED AT THE SAME TIME. THE SYS CONTINUED TO OPERATE NORMALLY. THE PILOT DIVERTED FOR REPAIR. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO AN UNSAFE RT LANDING GEAR INDICATION. THE ACFT LANDED AND TAXIED TO THE SERVICE CENTER SAFELY. TECH OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING FAULT INDICATIONS: FUEL 1 LOW LEVEL, NR 2 FUEL STANDBY PUMP CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING WITH THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND THE SWITCH IN THE AUTO POSITION, RT MLG INDICATION RED AND LANDING GEAR DISAGREE MESSAGE, AND GEA 2 FAIL MESSAGE. REPLACEMENT OF GEA 2 CLEARED ALL MESSAGES AND RESTORED NORMAL OPERATION.

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