Service difficulty report · Lamp · Cessna 550

Difficulty date
April 28, 2007
Submitted
May 1, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N303CS
Make and model
Cessna 550
Aircraft serial
5500814
Aircraft time
6,368 hours, 4,699 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW530A
Part
Lamp
Part number
S33682
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Indicator
Component
Light
Component part number
3807001355002
Stage of operation
AP
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, THE LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN. THE USUAL (3) BUMPS WERE HEARD BUT ONLY (2) GREEN LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE RT MAIN LANDING GEAR GREEN LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THE LANDING GEAR WAS CYCLED WITH THE SAME RESULTS AND INDICATION. THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST WAS USED INCLUDING BLOWING THE GEAR DOWN. AN ANNUCIATOR TEST WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND THE RT MAIN LANDING GEAR GREEN LIGHT WAS INOP. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED, APPROACH WAS NOTIFIED AND AN EMERGENCY DECLARED. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A PASS BY THE TOWER AND ALL (3) LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT PROBLEM AND FOUND THE INDICATION SYSTEM AT FAULT. THE INDICATOR LAMP WAS REPLACED, HYDRAULIC SYSTEM SE

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