Service difficulty report · Warning Light · Eclips ECLIPSEEA500

Difficulty date
July 14, 2010
Submitted
July 16, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N777VE
Make and model
Eclips ECLIPSEEA500
Aircraft serial
11
Aircraft time
245 hours, 270 cycles
Part
Warning Light
Condition
False Activation
Location
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

ON A DESCENT, AND AT APPROX 270 KEAS, BOTH MLG INDICATIONS INDICATED "UNSAFE" AND RECEIVED LANDING GEAR FAIL CAS. REDUCED AIRSPEED AND CAS MESSAGE DISAPPEARED. FURTHER INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT ANY TIME A SMALL LOAD WAS PUT ON THE ACFT, LANDING GEAR FAIL CAS MESSAGE WOULD POST AND BOTH MLG INDICATED "UNSAFE." PREPARED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION CHECKLIST, BUT AT THE LOWER AIRSPEEDS THE GEAR OPERATED AND LOCKED APPROPRIATELY, A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE AND THE ACFT WAS PUT INTO MX. THIS ACFT ALSO HAD A SUBSTANTIAL AIRFRAME VIBRATION AT HIGHER AIRSPEEDS THAT MAY BE RELATED.