Service difficulty report · Actuator · Braero BAE1251000

Difficulty date
December 1, 2015
Submitted
December 5, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N730CJ
Make and model
Braero BAE1251000
Aircraft serial
NA1007
Aircraft time
5,768 hours, 4,098 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
AIR485024
Part serial
9003187
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Mlg
Part time
5,768 hours, 4,093 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING APPROACH, LT MLG, WHEN SELECTED DOWN, DID NOT SHOW DOWN AND SAFE INDICATION ON EITHER, NORMAL OR AUXILIARY, INDICATION SYSTEM. RT AND NLG BOTH SHOWED DOWN AND LOCKED. PILOT ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY EXTENSION UTILIZING AUXILIARY HYDRAULIC SYSTEM, IAW EMERGENCY CHECKLIST, WITH NO SUCCESS. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED. AT TOUCHDOWN, LT MLG DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATED ON BOTH INDICATION SYSTEMS. ON GROUND, JACKED ACFT AND TROUBLESHOT SYSTEM. RAN GEAR UP AND DOWN AND FOUND THAT THE LT LANDING GEAR TOOK EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME TO LOCK DOWN. VERIFIED NO BINDING IN SYSTEM. R & R MLG JACK ACTUATOR WITH O/H UNIT, BLED SYSTEM AND PERFORMED 15 FAULT FREE LANDING GEAR RETRACTIONS/EXTENSIONS.