Service difficulty report · Valve · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
August 30, 2014
Submitted
September 5, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N793XJ
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500093
Aircraft time
8,796 hours, 5,309 cycles
Part
Valve
Condition
Not Seated
Location
Landing Gear
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF & DURING GEAR RETRACTION, THE FLIGHT CREW NOTED THAT THE NOSE GEAR REMAINED EXTENDED & THE RED UNLOCK LIGHT REMAINED ON. FLIGHT CREW REVIEWING THE CHECKLIST & RETURNING TO FIELD PLACED THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION & INITIALLY NEITHER MAIN GEAR EXTENDED. WHILE ON DOWNWIND BOTH MAIN GEAR EXTENDED RESULTING IN ALL THREE GEAR DOWN & LOCKED GREEN INDICATION, DURING ALL THIS TIME HYD PRESS INDICATION WAS NORMAL. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. FOUND THE PNEUMATIC OVERRIDE VLV ON THE LG CONTROL MANIFOLD NOT PROPERLY SEATED. VLV WAS RESET, HYD SYS BLED & MULTIPLE GEAR CYCLES PERFORMED, WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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