Service difficulty report · Wire · Beech 99

Difficulty date
January 19, 2001
Submitted
February 23, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Beech 99
Aircraft time
42,618 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A28
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Terminal Block
Component
Nose Gear · Beech · 9982000065
Stage of operation
LD
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

(CAN) AIRCRAFT WAS ON DESCENT AND SELECTED GEAR DOWN. MAIN GREEN LIGHTS WERE ON BUT NOT THE NOSE GEAR GREEN LIGHT. IN TRANSIT LIGHT IN THE GEAR LIGHT WAS NOT ON. AIRCRAFT DID A FLY BY TO CONFIRM GEAR DOWN AND THEN LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. BROKEN WIRE FOUND IN NOSE COMPARTMENT FOR THE GEAR DOWN GREEN FOR THE NOSE LIGHT AT THE TERMINAL BLOCK. THIS COMPARTMENT IS IN A HARSH ENVIRONMENT AND IT IS COMMON FOR THIS TO HAPPEN ON A IRREGULAR BASIS. VERY DIFFICULT TO ISOLATE WIRING AS THE MOVEMENT OF THE GEAR DICTATES THE SECURING OF THE WIRING AND ROUTING.

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