Service difficulty report · Wire · Cessna 441

Difficulty date
July 6, 2018
Submitted
July 9, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N441BD
Make and model
Cessna 441
Aircraft serial
4410086
Aircraft time
13,584 hours, 11,541 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg Ww
Component
Terminal
Component part number
31890
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
L, A

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

What was found

DURING APPROACH TO LAND AFTER SELECTING GEAR DOWN AND COMPLETION OF THE CYCLE, THE NOSE GEAR DOWNLOCK GREEN INDICATOR LAMP FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE IN TRANSIT LIGHT WAS EXTINGUISHED AND THE NOSE GEAR WAS VISIBLE IN THE DOWN POSITION IN THE VIEWING MIRROR. LANDING WAS ABORTED AND AIRCRAFT RETURN TO BASE. AN EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE WAS FOLLOWED OUT OF CAUTION. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. A BROKEN WIRE WAS FOUND AT THE RING TERMINAL FOR THE NOSE GEAR DOWNLOCK INDICATOR CIRCUIT WHERE IT ATTACHES TO THE NOSE GEAR WELL STRUCTURE. THE RING TERMINAL WAS REPLACED, EMERGENCY EXTENSION BOTTLE WAS RESET AND SERVICED, HYDRAULICS SERVICED AND GEAR SWING CHECKS PERFORMED SATISFACTORY.

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