Service difficulty report · Bulb · Diamon DA42NG

Difficulty date
August 21, 2025
Submitted
August 28, 2025
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N694ER
Make and model
Diamon DA42NG
Aircraft serial
42N560
Aircraft time
381 hours
Engine
Austro E4
Propeller
Mtprop MTV6R
Part
Bulb
Condition
Failed
Location
Zone 700
Part time
381 hours
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

AIRCRAFT WAS COMING FOR LANDING ON APPROACH, GEAR WAS EXTENDED BUT NLG DOWN & LOCK INDICATION WAS NOT INDICATING. PILOTS WENT THROUGH THEIR TROUBLESHOOTING CHKLIST, NLG STILL NOT INDICATING. PILOTS CONFIRMED NLG DOWN USING COWLING MIRROR & TOWER FLYBY, PILOT PERFORMED EMERGENCY LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX INSPECTED SYSTEM & FOUND LIGHT BULB HAD FAILED, OPS CHK OF LANDING GEAR SYS WAS GOOD. INCANDESCENT LIGHT BULBS USED IN MULTIPLE SYS AS INDICATOR LIGHTS & ARE PRONE TO FAILURE & HAVE EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH THEM. MOST OF OUR OTHER DA42NG ACFT CAME WITH LED BULBS WHICH WE HAVE NO ISSUES WITH, THEY ARE MUCH MORE RELIABLE. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THE LED BULBS ARE NO LONGER IN PRODUCTION P/N 461K_02_2801_WS.

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