Service difficulty report · Wire · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
November 16, 2003
Submitted
January 5, 2004
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft time
9,962 hours
Engine
Lyc TIO540J2BD
Propeller
Hartzl HCE3YR2A
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
NR
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) ON THE LANDING APPROACH GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN. THE LT GEAR LIGHT WOULD NOT COME ON. A FLY PAST WAS DONE AND MTCE CONFIRMED THE GEAR WAS DOWN. THE C/B WAS PULLED AND GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN TO HYD LOCK THE GEAR DOWN. LANDING WAS MADE AND FOUND A BROKEN WIRE ON THE GEAR SWITCH. REPAIRED WIRE AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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