SDR ABXA050091

Service difficulty report · Switch · Doug DC931

Difficulty date
April 14, 2005
Submitted
April 18, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N924AX
Make and model
Doug DC931
Aircraft serial
47403
Aircraft time
68,569 hours, 65,464 cycles
Part
Switch
Part number
7000010101ABX
Part serial
12058
Condition
Defective
Location
Nlg Pos Warn
Part time
553 hours, 560 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

ON APPROACH, NOSE GEAR SAFE FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. RAN ABNORMAL, GEAR RECYCLE, LANDED WITHOUT PROBLEM. VERIFIED WORN PADDLE ON NOSE LANDING GEAR DOWN SWITCH. REMOVED AND REPLACED GEAR DOWN SWITCH IAW DC-9 MM 32-60-01-2-0101. OPS CHECKED GOOD.

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