Service difficulty report · Wire · Piper PA44180

Difficulty date
July 26, 2001
Submitted
August 28, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA44180
Aircraft time
1,864 hours
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) AS PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN ON APPROACH "GEAR WARNING" CCT BREAKER TRIPPED&UNSAFE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE DURING GEAR EXTENSION. PILOT NOTICED THAT HE HAD 3 GREEN LIGHTS INDICATING GEAR DOWN&LOCKED. AIRCRAFT LANDED W/O INCID.. MANTENANCE FOUND L.H. DOWNLOCK SWITCH WITH WIRES PULLED OUT OF SWITCH BODY. DOWNLOCK SWITCHES TURN OFF GEAR WARNING SYS WHEN ALL 3 SWITCHES ARE ENGAGED. PULLED WIRES WERE SHORTING OUT&WHEN TH E GEAR SELECTED DOWN BREAKER WOULD TRIP.WHEN LDG GEAR RETRACTS WIRES RUB ON GEAR LEG,&IF SWITCH IS INST W/O ANY SLACK IN WIRES THEY CAN BE PULLED OUT OF SWITCH. WIRES WERE WRAPPED WITH SPIRAL WRAPAND SWITCH INST WITH ENOUGH SLACK IN THE

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