Service difficulty report · Lamp · Cessna 550

Difficulty date
January 10, 2019
Submitted
January 14, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N100WT
Make and model
Cessna 550
Aircraft serial
5500858
Aircraft time
5,861 hours, 5,069 cycles
Part
Lamp
Part number
S33682
Condition
Burned Out
Location
Cockpit
Part time
5,861 hours, 5,069 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
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

AT APPROXIMATELY 1030 AM LOCAL TIME, DEPARTED (KMOB) ON A CHARTER FLIGHT TO THE (AVL). ON APPROACH, THE FLIGHT CREW LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR BUT, DID NOT SEE THE GREEN LIGHTS FOR BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR. A TEST OF THE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS REVEALED THAT BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR BULBS WERE NOT WORKING. FURTHER TESTS REVEALED THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE IN A DOWN/LOCKED POSITION DUE TO THE ABSENCE OF THE GEAR WARNING HORN ON THE AIRCRAFT AT SPECIFIC POINTS DURING THE TROUBLESHOOTING PROCESS. ALSO, THE RED GEAR WARNING LIGHT REMAINED OFF AT ALL TIMES. THE CREW FELT LIKE THE GEAR WAS IN THE CORRECT POSITION, BUT STILL ELECTED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. THE CREW UTILIZED THE EMERGENCY/ABNORMAL CHECKLIST FOR THIS AIRCRAFT AND PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION TO ENSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMED A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 35 AT THE AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. (GSO) WAS CONTACTED AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE ON 1/11/19.

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