Service difficulty report · Control Handle · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
November 10, 2021
Submitted
November 11, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N469MR
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605125
Aircraft time
4,697 hours, 3,694 cycles
Part
Control Handle
Part number
99125501
Part serial
0077
Condition
Defective
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
L, O

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

What was found

ON 11/10/2021 AT APPROX. 1700Z, AIRCRAFT WAS ON APPROACH TO KDAL. LANDING GEAR WAS COMMANDED EXTENDED AND CREW OBSERVED NO GREEN INDICATION FOR THE LEFT HAND MAIN GEAR. CREW DID NOT OBSERVE A WARNING HORN OR GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT. CREW REQUESTED A GO AROUND TO PERFORM EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND PERFORMED EMERGENCY EXTENSION, THE LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE. FLIGHT CREW NOTIFIED TOWER AND OBSERVED CAUTION WHILE LANDING, AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. LAMPS WOULD NOT TEST, NOR WERE THEY BURNED OUT. AFTERWARDS, MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN WAS ABLE TO GET LIGHTS TO ILLUMINATE BY REMOVING AND RESEATING LIGHT CAPSULE NUMEROUS TIMES. THE GEAR INDICATION ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED, AND OPS CHECKED, AND GEAR HYDRAULICS WERE BLED BEFORE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED BACK INTO SERVICE.

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