SDR 2022F00178

Service difficulty report · Hydraulic System · Lear 31

Difficulty date
March 29, 2022
Submitted
April 7, 2022
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N10VJ
Make and model
Lear 31
Aircraft serial
31018
Aircraft time
10,424 hours, 10,538 cycles
Part
Hydraulic System
Part number
48C48608102
Part serial
3304
Condition
Leaking
Location
Zone 700
Part time
10,427 hours, 10,545 cycles
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
V
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

ON APPROACH CREW SELECTED GEAR DOWN WHEN THEY DID NOT GET THE PROPER INDICATION THEY ALERTED THE TOWER. THE TOWER CONFIRMED THAT THE GEAR IN FACT WAS NOT DOWN. THE CREW FOLLOWED PROCEDURE AND BLEW THE GEAR DOWN WITH EMERGENCY AIR. ON 3/31/2022 IT WAS DISCOVERED DURING TROUBLESHOOTING THAT THE LH INBD GEAR DOOR ACTUATOR WAS LEAKING FLUID INTO THE INBD GEAR DOOR SWITCH CAUSING THE SWITCH RESISTANCE TO CHANGE AND IN TURN THE SEQUENCING OF GEAR OPERATION WAS DISRUPTED.

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