Service difficulty report · Socket · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
December 30, 2011
Submitted
December 30, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N111AX
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UC81
Aircraft time
59,328 hours, 50,491 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A60A
Propeller
Hartzl HCB4MP3
Part
Socket
Condition
Unsecure
Location
Mlg Indicator
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
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 WITH THE LANDING GEAR SELECTED DOWN, THE RT MAIN GEAR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT CYCLED THE GEAR AGAIN AND STILL DID NOT GET A RT MAIN GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION. THE LANDING WAS ABORTED. THE PILOT TAPPED ON THE LIGHT AND IT CAME ON. THE AIRPLANE WAS LANDED AND BROUGHT INTO THE HANGAR FOR INVESTIGATION. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS SOCKET WAS NOT LATCHED. THE SOCKET WAS LATCHED AND CHECKED FOR SECURITY. THE GEAR WAS CYCLED TWICE SUCCESSFULLY AND THE AIRPLANE WAS RELEASED FOR FLIGHT. AT THIS TIME IT IS SUSPECTED THAT THE SOCKET WAS NOT RESET CORRECTLY AFTER A BULB CHANGE OR MAY HAVE BEEN INADVERTANTLY UNLATCHED BY SOMEONE PUNCHING BUTTONS.

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