Service difficulty report · Wire · Dhav DHC8103

Difficulty date
February 2, 2012
Submitted
February 7, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N990AV
Make and model
Dhav DHC8103
Aircraft serial
099
Aircraft time
44,958 hours, 50,725 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
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, LANDING GEAR EXTENDED AND CREW RECEIVED A NOSE GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION. APPROACH WAS ABORTED, CREW PERFORMED THE CHECKLIST. ATTEMPTED ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE, BUT STILL DID NOT GET A NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION. DECISION WAS MADE TO TAKE THE ACFT BACK FOR SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, CONDUCTED A LOW APPROACH SO TOWER AND GROUND CREW COULD TRY AND VERIFY NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN. TOWER ADVISED THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN, SO CREW SET UP FOR A FULL STOP LANDING. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX REPAIRED A WIRE GOING OUT TO THE NOSE GEAR DRAG STAY PROXIMITY SENSOR. OPS CHECKED GOOD.