SDR BDHA960015

Service difficulty report · Control Box · Swrngn SA226TC

Difficulty date
May 17, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N229AM
Make and model
Swrngn SA226TC
Aircraft serial
TC305
Part
Control Box
Part number
27425
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
LD
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

FAR - FLT 421 - AFTER A NOSE GEAR UP LANDING, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FLAP/GEAR WARNING HORN WAS MALFUNCTIONING. WITH THE GEAR SELECTOR DOWN (GEAR IN AN UNSAFE CONDITION), FLAPS DOWN, AND THE POWER LEVERS AT THE FLIGHT IDLE GATE, THE HORN SOUNDED. WHEN THE POWER LEVERS WERE ADVANCED FORWARD OF THE FLIGHT IDLE GATES, THE HORN STOPPED. IN NORMAL OPERATION, WITH THE FLAPS DOWN PAST 20 DEGREES, THE WARNING HORN MUST SOUND WHENEVER THE LANDING GEAR IS IN AN UNSAFE CONDITION, NO MATTER WHAT THE POSITION OF THE POWER LEVERS.