Service difficulty report · Light · Pilats PC1247

Difficulty date
October 24, 2016
Submitted
October 28, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N687AF
Make and model
Pilats PC1247
Aircraft serial
687
Aircraft time
8,975 hours, 8,557 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A67B
Engine time
8,817 hours, 8,382 cycles
Part
Light
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Cockpit
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

AFTER DEPARTING FOK, FLT CREW REPORTED, WITH GEAR RETRACTION RED NOSE GEAR INDICATION DID NOT EXTINGUISH, WHEN GEAR WAS EXTENDED FOR LANDING WE DID NOT GET A GREEN LIGHT ON THE NOSE GEAR. WITH A LAMP TEST NO GREEN LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOR NOSE GEAR. AC MADE AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING/DIVERSION TO PSM WHERE IT LANDED SAFELY FOR REPAIRS. FOUND SEVERAL INDICATOR BULBS BAD/FAULTY CONNECTION, CLEANED AND RELAMPED AS PER AMM 12-A-31-11-01-00A-920A-A. JACKED AIRCRAFT, NOTED NOSE STRUT BOUND UP AND WOULD NOT FULLY EXTEND, CAUSING TARGET PLATE TO NOT ACTUATE PROX SWITCH. THE NOSE STRUT WAS REBUILT AND SERVICED IAW CMM 32-20-05, THE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION/RETRACTION SYSTEM WAS TESTED IAW AMM DMC-12-A-32-30-00-00A-903A-A. ALL FUNCTIONS AND INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL.