Service difficulty report · Wire · Beech 99

Difficulty date
December 30, 2010
Submitted
December 30, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N189WA
Make and model
Beech 99
Aircraft serial
U76
Aircraft time
30,124 hours, 38,862 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg
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

MHT - DURING THE APPROACH TO LANDING THE NOSE WHEEL GEAR LIGHT FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. PILOT DID A GO AROUND, CIRCLED AIRPORT AT 2000 FT AND RECYCLED GEAR TO MAKE SURE THE LIGHT WAS NOT MALFUNCTIONING. THE TEST LIGHT SHOWED THE THREE GREEN LIGHTS WERE WORKING. THE PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND FOUND A BROKEN WIRE IN THE POSITION INDICATION CIRCUIT FOR THE NOSE GEAR. WIRE WAS REPAIRED AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS PERFORMED SATISFACTORILY. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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