Service difficulty report · Uplock Actuator · Amd FALCON2000EX

Difficulty date
June 18, 2015
Submitted
June 24, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N928WK
Make and model
Amd FALCON2000EX
Aircraft serial
183
Aircraft time
672 hours, 395 cycles
Part
Uplock Actuator
Condition
Defective
Location
Landing Gear
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
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

THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS FROM THE FLIGHT CREW ABOUT A FALSE INTERMITTENT WARNING WITH THE GEAR HANDLE FLASHING RED NORMALLY 45 MIN INTO FLIGHT. THE GEAR HANDLE LIGHT ALWAYS CLEARED DURING THE APPROACH TO LANDING. EACH REPORT WAS MET WITH TROUBLESHOOTING & A NO FAULT FOUND & NO CAS MSGS. TECH SUPPORT RECOMMEND THE REPLACEMENT OF COMMON SUSPECTED GEAR INDICATION COMPONENT, BUT TO NO AVAIL. A DIFFERENT VENDOR WAS ALLOWED TO FLY WITH A LAPTOP HOOKED TO THE CMC. AFTER THE FLIGHT THEY DETERMINED A LG UPLOCK WAS DEFECTIVE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO VERIFY WHICH ONE WAS BAD. ALL THREE UPLOCKS WERE REPLACED. THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.