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Service difficulty report · Switch · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
November 22, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N36BM
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft serial
318262008
Part
Switch
Part number
1CH214
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Rt Mlg
Part time
3,591 hours
Stage of operation
NR
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

PILOT REPORTED RT MAIN LANDING GEAR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED AND THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR DID NOT RETURN TO NEUTRAL WITH NORMAL OR EMERGENCY HAND PUMP OPERATION. AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE, ACFT DELIVERED TO MAINT. MAINT DETERMINED THE RT MLG DOWN AND LOCKED SWITCH WAS DEFECTIVE PREVENTING A GREEN GEAR INDICATION AND PREVENTING THE INNER LANDING GEAR DOORS FROM CLOSING. A NEW SWITCH WAS INSTALLED IAW THE PIPER MM. THE GEAR WAS OPERATIONALLY CHECKED AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE SWITCH APPEARED TO BE THE ORIGINAL ONE INSTALLED AT BUILD. SUSPECT SWITCH FAILED DUE TO NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR.

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