Service difficulty report · Lamp · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
August 13, 2013
Submitted
August 15, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N413SK
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5793
Aircraft time
3,010 hours, 1,417 cycles
Engine
Pwc PW545B
Engine time
3,010 hours, 1,427 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 APPROACH, CREW POSITIONED THE MLG HANDLE TO THE DOWN POSITION. ONCE THE GEAR HANDLE HAD BEEN LOWERED THERE WAS NO LIGHT INDICATING THE RT GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. THE CREW THEN FOLLOWED THE PROCEDURES IN THE CHECKLIST AND USE THE EMERGENCY GEAR BLOW DOWN BOTTLE. THERE STILL WAS NO INDICATION FOR THE RT MLG BEING DOWN AND LOCKED. THE ACFT PROCEEDED TO LAND, ONCE ON THE GROUND SAFELY, THE RT MLG LIGHT ILLUMINATED BRIEFLY. AFTER THE ACFT WAS TROUBLESHOT BY MFG, IT WAS DETERMINED THE THE INDICATOR LAMPS CM 6839 WERE INOPERATIVE AND WERE REPLACED BY MFG.

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