Service difficulty report · Diode · Lear 60LEAR

Difficulty date
April 8, 2012
Submitted
April 17, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N808WG
Make and model
Lear 60LEAR
Aircraft serial
112
Aircraft time
6,878 hours, 4,625 cycles
Part
Diode
Condition
Failed
Location
Mlg
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, CALLED MLG DOWN AND BEFORE LANDING. DID NOT GET RED UNSAFE LIGHTS ASSOCIATED WITH GEAR EXTENSION OR ANY GREEN DOWNLOCK LIGHTS. CYCLED MLG AND COULD HEAR AND FEEL GEAR EXTENDING. CHECKED CIRCUIT BREAKER PANELS AND DID NOT FIND ANY DISCREPANCIES. AN EMERGENCY DECLARED. RAN THROUGH FULL EMERGENCY GEAR BLOWDOWN PROCEDURE AND EMERGENCY CHECKLIST. THE GREEN OR RED LIGHTS STILL DID NOT APPEAR. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING CARRIED OUT. TROUBLESHOT SYS AND DISCOVERED THE CR8 AND CR9 DIODES ON PCB 101 WERE DEFECTIVE ALONG WITH FUSE F 2 ON TERMINAL BLOCK 2. INSTALLED NEW CR8 DIODE (PN 4007), CR9 DIODE (PN 4005) , AND F2 FUSE (5A). BLED THE MLG HYD SYS AND SERVICED HYD RESERVOIR. PERFORMED OPS CHECK OF MLG SYS WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. THE ACFT WAS THEN RETURNED BACK TO SERVICE.