Service difficulty report · Control Valve · Gulstm GV

Difficulty date
April 26, 2017
Submitted
April 28, 2017
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N253CM
Make and model
Gulstm GV
Aircraft serial
610
Aircraft time
6,197 hours, 2,665 cycles
Part
Control Valve
Part number
83C83612A91159SC
Part serial
0070
Condition
Wrong Part
Location
Mlg
Part time
5,525 hours, 2,369 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

WHEN LANDING GEAR SELECTED DOWN, THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. DUPLICATED ON JACKS. WHEN GEAR DOWN SELECTED, THE HYD PRESSURE TO THE DOWN SOLENOID RESISTANCE GOES HIGH AND AMPS EXCEEDS THE RATED 5 AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER. REPLACED THE -15 CONTROL VALVE WITH THE PERFERRED -19 AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.