SDR 96ZZZX2993

Service difficulty report · Relay · Socata TB20TRINIDAD

Difficulty date
May 14, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N20FF
Make and model
Socata TB20TRINIDAD
Aircraft serial
1032
Part
Relay
Part number
Z00N7733690395
Condition
Failed
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
AP
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON APPROACH, OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO LOWER GEAR. GEAR DID NOT RESPOND. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO LOWER GEAR NORMALLY. GEARS WERE THEN LOWERED WITH EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE. BOTH MAIN GEARS WERE DOWN AND LOCKED, BUT NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK DOWN. OPERATOR SUBSEQUENTLY MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING WHERE NOSE GEAR FAILED. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED THAT CAUSE OF NORMAL GEAR EXTENSION FAILURE WAS THE RESULT OF THE UP RELAY FAILING IN THE CLOSED POSITION. NOSE GEAR EXTENSION FAILURE IN EMERGENCY CONFIGURATION WAS CAUSED BY ONE OF THE TWO NOSE GEAR EMERGENCY COMPENSATING ACTUATORS HAVING LOST ITS CHARGE.