SDR 95ZZZX6107

Service difficulty report · Downlock Switch · Bag JETSTM3101

Difficulty date
October 17, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N161PC
Make and model
Bag JETSTM3101
Aircraft serial
675
Part
Downlock Switch
Part number
622800200
Condition
Failed
Location
Nlg
Component
B00A702852A
Stage of operation
AP
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

RDU/GSP - FLT 5010 - ON 10-17-95 USAIR EXPRESS FLT WAS APPROX 20 MILES FROM DEST IN GSP WHEN NOSE GEAR GREEN DOWN & LOCKED LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CREW VISUALLY VERIFIED NOSE GEAR STILL IN UP POSITION BY LOOKING AT PROP SPINNER. LDNG GEAR SELECTED DOWN & NOSE GEAR SHOWED GREEN & RED INDICATIONS, BOTH MAIN GEAR INDICATIONS NORMAL. LDNG GEAR VISUALLY VERIFIED IN DOWN POSITION. CAPT DECLARED CONDITIONAL EMERG & HAD EMERG EQUIP STANDING BY. ACFT MADE SAFE LDNG IN GSP. AFTER SAFELY REACHING GATE & DEPLANING PASSENGERS, CAPT VISUALLY VERIFIED GEAR HAD BEEN DOWN & LOCKED. ACFT FERRIED TO CLT. MX INSP NLG POS & WARNING SYS, FND DNLK MICROSWITCH FAILED & REPLACED W/DIFFERENT P/N IAW JTSTRM SB 32JA891142, PART NR 1.