SDR 2021F00077

Service difficulty report · Wire · Lear 35A

Difficulty date
April 16, 2021
Submitted
April 19, 2021
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N360AY
Make and model
Lear 35A
Aircraft serial
35367
Aircraft time
14,995 hours, 13,680 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Separated
Location
Nlg Indicator
Part time
14,994 hours, 13,380 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON APPROACH TO BNA CREW SELECTED LANDING GEAR DOWN. THE NOSE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT DID NOT SHOW DOWN AND LOCK , CREW TESTED LANDING GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT SYSTEM AND THE DOWN LOCK LIGHT (GREEN) TESTED GOOD FOR NOSE GEAR SYSTEM . CREW NOTIFY ATC OF THEIR PROBLEM . ATC DIVERTED THEM TO MQT. CREW PERFORMED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PER AIRCRAFT FLIGHT MANUAL PROCEDURE AND STILL THEY DID NOT INDICATE NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCK. CREW PERFORMED A LOW PASS BY AIRPORT TOWER AND ASK THEM TO CHECK IF THEY CAN SEE IF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN. TOWER NOTIFY THEM THAT THE LANDING GEAR LOOK DOWN. CREW LANDED AIRCRAFT PER THE EMERGENCY GEAR UP PROCEDURE PRE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT MANUAL JUST IN CASE THE NOSE LANDING WAS NOT LOCKED DOWN. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITH NO LANDING GEAR PROBLEMS. CAUSE OF LANDING GEAR LIGHT INDICATION LIGHT PROBLEM WAS BROKEN WIRE TO TERMINAL BOARD FOR NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCK INDICATOR LIGHT SYSTEM

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