Service difficulty report · Wire · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
December 24, 2001
Submitted
February 5, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft time
27,487 hours
Engine
Pwa PW120A
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF7
Part
Wire
Part number
82400033001
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg Dowlock
Part time
29,084 hours, 40,348 cycles
Component
Downlock · Bombdr · 82400033001
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

(CAN) UPON GEAR DOWN SELECTION, NLG UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT WITH GEAR SELECTED DOWN, TURNING ONTO FINAL NLG GEAR DOWN ILLUMINATED, AIRCRAFT LANDED NORMALLY. INVESTIGATION FOUND INTERMITTANT NLG GEAR UNSAFE WARNING CAUSED BY WIRING FAULT IN NLG DOWNLOCK SENSOR CABLE ASSY. CABLE ASSY REPLACED, GEAR FUNCTION CHECKED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.