Service difficulty report · Indicator · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
January 31, 2015
Submitted
February 6, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N793XJ
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500093
Aircraft time
9,192 hours, 5,501 cycles
Part
Indicator
Condition
Defective
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER SELECTING LG HANDLE TO THE DOWN POSITION WHILE ON APPROACH, FLIGHT CREW DID NOT GET A GEAR DOWN, GREEN LIGHT, INDICATION ON THE RT MAIN GEAR. THE GEAR HANDLE, RED, UNLOCK LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED & THERE WAS NO GEAR HORN WITH THE THROTTLES RETARDED. FLIGHT CREW SWAPPED GEAR INDICATION BULBS SEVERAL TIMES & CONCLUDED THAT IT WAS A FAULTY INDICATOR. DURING A FLYBY, CREW RECEIVED CONFIRMATION FROM THE CONTROL TOWER THAT ALL THREE GEARS APPEARED DOWN, LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. CLEANED THE LIGHT SOCKET CONTACTS & REPLACED THE BULB PN 387. OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS NORMAL. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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