SDR 96ZZZX3557

Service difficulty report · Horn · Cessna 177RG

Difficulty date: March 16, 1996
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: General aviation
Aircraft: N1989Q
Make and model: Cessna 177RG
Aircraft serial: 177RG0389
System (JASC): 3260 · Landing Gear Position and Warning
Part: Horn
Part number: S20771
Condition: Inoperative
Location: Gear Warning
Part time: 1,960 hours
Stage of operation: IN
Nature of condition: O
Precautionary procedure: K

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

What was found

DURING PRE-BUY INSPECTION, FOUND LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN INOPERATIVE. TROUBLESHOT SYSTEM AND FOUND GEAR HORN DEFECTIVE. OWNER CONFIRMED GEAR HORN HAD BEEN INOPERATIVE, BUT ANNUAL WAS SIGNED OFF 8/95 ANYWAY. SUSPECT CAUSE, VIBRATION CAUSED HORN TO COME APART INTERNALLY.

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