Service difficulty report · Lamp · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
April 16, 2017
Submitted
April 18, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N786JS
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
525B0030
Aircraft time
8,807 hours, 6,409 cycles
Engine
Wilint FJ44
Engine time
2,367 hours, 1,869 cycles
Part
Lamp
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Mlg Indicator
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING FINAL APPROACH, THE FLIGHT CREW SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND NOTICED THAT THE RT MAIN GEAR LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATING. THE GEAR WARNING HORN DID NOT SOUND, AND THE RED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT WAS EXTINGUISHED. THE FLIGHT CREW ELECTED TO PROCEED WITH AN EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE TO HELP ENSURE POSITIVE DOWN LOCK. THEY TOUCHED DOWN NORMALLY, EXITED THE RUNWAY AND TAXIED WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ISSUES. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED ALL FOUR LANDING GEAR DOWN LOCK INDICATOR LAMPS WITH NEW AND PERFORMED SATISFACTORY GEAR RETRACTION AND EXTENSION TEST.

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