Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Agusta AW139

Difficulty date
August 3, 2017
Submitted
August 7, 2017
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
AC2R685K
Chevron USA, Production Company Aviation Maintenan
Make and model
Agusta AW139
Aircraft serial
31039
Aircraft time
8,432 hours
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

WHEN PERFORMING BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST FOR LANDING, LANDING GEAR INDICATION REMAINED AMBER AND FAILED TO TRANSITION TO GREEN, FOLLOWED BY A CONSTANT REPETITIVE BANGING SOUND HEARD AND FELT IN THE FUSELAGE. LANDING ATTEMPT WAS ABORTED AND QRH WAS CONSULTED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. EMERGENCY DOWN BUTTON WAS INITIATED AND LANDING GEAR RESPONDED WITH 3 GREEN DOWN INDICATIONS. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEM AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

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