SDR 5APR577Y52

Service difficulty report · Pressure Switch · Pilats PC1245

Difficulty date
March 10, 2011
Submitted
March 14, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
5APR577Y
Atlas Aircraft Center Inc
Aircraft
N669AF
Make and model
Pilats PC1245
Aircraft serial
669
Aircraft time
3,921 hours, 3,821 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A67B
Engine time
3,921 hours, 3,821 cycles
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4A3D
Part
Pressure Switch
Part number
9738114306
Part serial
0715
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Zone 100
Part time
209 hours, 276 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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

UPON LANDING GEAR RETRACTION ON CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF, LANDING GEAR DID NOT RETRACT. THE LANDING GEAR POSITION INDICATORS REMAINED RED, AND THE HYD CAWS ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT NOTIFIED TOWER THEY WERE RETURNING TO THE FIELD THEN FOLLOWED THE APPROPRIATE CHECKLIST AND PLACED THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE MLG LOCKED IN THE DOWN POSITION, THE NLG NEEDED TO BE PUMPED TO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION MANUALLY. THE ACFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. MX TROUBLESHOT THE HYD SYS WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. REPLACED THE HYD SYS PRESSURE SWITCH. C/W FUNCTIONAL TEST OF THE HYD SYS WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. ALL WORK ACCOMPLISHED IAW MFG INSTRUCTIONS.