Service difficulty report · Relay · Cessna S550

Difficulty date
October 20, 2017
Submitted
October 24, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N750JM
Make and model
Cessna S550
Aircraft serial
S5500045
Aircraft time
5,719 hours, 5,012 cycles
Part
Relay
Part number
71226
Condition
Defective
Location
Cockpit
Part time
5,719 hours, 5,012 cycles
Component
Printed Circuit · Cessna
Component part number
PCB101
Stage of operation
AP
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 10/20/2017, AT APPROX 2000Z, ON VISUAL APPROACH TO KLAS, CREW NOTICED THE RED GEAR UNLOCKED INDICATION UPON GEAR EXTENSION. CREW ALSO HAD THREE GREEN GEAR SAFE LIGHTS AS WELL, AND THE GEAR HORN WOULD NOT SILENCE WITH THE FLAPS DOWN. CREW EXECUTED A 'GO AROUND' AND ADVISED THE TOWER. TOWER PERSONNEL VECTORED THE CREW OUT TO A HOLDING AREA. CREW PERFORMED EMERGENCY CHECKLIST PROCEDURE FOR RED GEAR UNLOCKED INDICATION, WITH NO CHANGE TO INDICATION, LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND REQUESTED RETURN TO AIRPORT. TOWER AND EMERGENCY CREWS CONFIRMED VISUAL OF LANDING GEAR DOWN, AND LANDING LIGHTS WERE ON. (LANDING LIGHTS ONLY ILLUMINATE IF MAIN GEAR IS DOWN AND LOCKED) AIRCRAFT LANDED AT KLAS WITHOUT EVENT. REPAIR TECHNICIANS FINALLY TROUBLESHOT FAULT DOWN TO RELAY K78 ON PCB 101. K78 IS THE RELAY IN THE EXTENSION SYSTEM WHICH SUPPLIES A GROUND TO THE RED GEAR UNLOCKED LIGHT DURING THE LIGHT TEST FUNCTION. THE K78 RELAY IS FIELD REPLACEABLE, AND WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW UNIT. GROUND OPS CHECKED GOOD AFTER REPLACEMENT.

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