SDR 98ZZZX4568

Service difficulty report · Switch · Cessna 177RG

Difficulty date
November 1, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 177RG
Part
Switch
Part number
20700174
Condition
Failed
Location
Lt Mlg
Stage of operation
NR
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON GEAR RETRACTION, BOTH THE UP AND DOWN LIGHTS WERE ON. PLACED GEAR SELECTOR IN DOWN POSITION AND GEAR STAYED UP. WHEN EMG PUMP GIVEN STROKES, NOSE GEAR STARTED DOWN. THE PUMP THEN CAME ON AND GEARS STARTED TO EXTEND. WHEN THE NOSE GEAR LOCKED DOWN THE PUMP STOPPED, LEAVING MAINS IN TRAIL POSITION. CONTINUED TO PUMP EMG PUMP, BOTH MAINS LOCKED DOWN. ON INSPECTION, GEAR DOWN MAGNET FOR RT GEAR WAS WELDED CLOSED, AND LT WAS INTERMITTENT. REPLACED BOTH SWITCHES AND ALL SYSTEMS OK TO NORMAL.

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