Service difficulty report · Actuator · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
January 12, 2015
Submitted
January 15, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N303AG
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
340B414
Aircraft time
33,777 hours, 37,044 cycles
Part
Actuator
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt Uplock
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

INTRANSIT, LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED WHEN GEAR RETRACTED, RETURNED TO DEPARTURE, LANDED SAFELY. WHEN GEAR HANDLE WAS PLACED UP THE HYDRAULIC PUMP MOTOR RAN CONTINUOSLY AND THE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED, CYCLED GEAR AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN, GEAR WAS LOWERED WITH ALL 3 GEAR LIGHTS AND A NORMAL LANDING MADE. REPLACED RT UPLOCK ACTUATOR. OPS CHECKED GOOD.

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