Service difficulty report · Handle · Bombdr BD1001A10

Difficulty date
August 4, 2012
Submitted
August 6, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N549XJ
Make and model
Bombdr BD1001A10
Aircraft serial
20322
Aircraft time
1,230 hours, 519 cycles
Engine
Hnywl AS90711A
Part
Handle
Part number
41210101580UZ01Y
Part serial
ECE489
Condition
False Activation
Location
Mlg
Part time
1,233 hours, 522 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

CLEARED TO LAND. THE BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST WAS COMPLETED AND BOTH PILOTS VERIFIED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED AND THREE GREEN LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. ON SHORT FINAL, AT APPROX 200 FT, BOTH PILOTS SIMULTANEOUSLY HEARD A "CLICK" AND VERY SHORTY AFTER THEY RECEIVED A "TOO LOW GEAR" MASTER WARNING FOLLOWED BY THE SOUND OF THE GEAR RETRACTING. CREW EXECUTED A MISSED APPROACH. THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR HAD MOVED BACK TO THE UP POSITION ON ITS OWN. GEAR RETRACTION AND INDICATIONS APPEARED NORMAL. ON DOWNWIND TO LAND, THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS LOWERED AND BOTH PILOTS VERIFIED GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. GEAR HANDLE WAS WIGGLED AND SHIFTED TO ENSURE IT WAS IN THE LOCKED POSITION. THE ACFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.