SDR 97ZZZX2638

Service difficulty report · Switch · Lear 35A

Difficulty date
April 21, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
DJFR206D
Flexjet, LLC
Aircraft
N425AS
Make and model
Lear 35A
Aircraft serial
281
Part
Switch
Part number
1CH16
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Nlg Actuator
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 LANDING GEAR RETRACTION FOR MAINTENANCE, NOSE GEAR DOWNLOCK LIGHT BECAME INTERMITTENT. TROUBLESHOT TO NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR DOWNLOCK SWITCH. REMOVED SWITCH AND FOUND WIRE POTTING COMPOUND CRACKED AT SWITCH CASE. WHEN WIRES WERE FLEXED AT CRACK, CONNECTION WAS INTERMITTENT. THE NEW SWITCH HAD A MUCH MORE FLEXIBLE POTTING COMPOUND. SUGGEST CLOSE ATTENTION TO POTTING COMPOUND AREA OF SWITCH WHERE WIRES FLEX.

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