SDR 2025F00096

Service difficulty report · Bulb · Cessna 525

Difficulty date
April 17, 2025
Submitted
April 20, 2025
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N600AL
Make and model
Cessna 525
Aircraft serial
5250383
Aircraft time
8,496 hours, 8,344 cycles
Part
Bulb
Part number
S33682
Part serial
NA
Condition
Burned Out
Location
Zone 200
Component
Indicator
Component part number
3807001355002
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

UPON EXTENDING LANDING GEAR, PILOT OBSERVES NEGATIVE LEFT GEAR DOWN LOCK INDICATION. PILOT PERFORMS CURSORY TROUBLESHOOTING TECHNIQUES BUT COULD NOT VERIFY LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS POSITIVELY DOWN AND LOCKED. PILOT ULTIMATELY DECLARES EMERGENCY AT ALTERNATE AIRPORT AND PERFORMS EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED AT ALTERNATE AIRPORT DETERMINED INDICATOR BULB WAS BURNT OUT. ALL 4 GEAR DOWNLOCK INDICATOR BULBS WERE REPLACED WITH NEW BULBS. EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM WAS RESET AND A FUNCTIONAL TEST OF LANDING GEAR WAS PERFORMED WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED.

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