Service difficulty report · Switch · Boeing 737201

Difficulty date
May 2, 2007
Submitted
June 7, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 737201
Aircraft time
59,535 hours
Engine
Pwa JT8D17
Part
Switch
Part number
MS253831
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Mlg Handle
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) ON FINAL APPROACH, THE FLIGHT CREW SELECTED LANDING GEAR DOWN. THE LAND GEAR INDICATORS ILLUMINATED 3 GREEN AND 3 RED. THIS INDICATED A DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN LANDING GEAR HANDLE POSITION AND LANDING GEAR POSITION. THE FLIGHT CREW SELECTED GEAR UP AND ABORTED THE LANDING. ON THE DOWNWIND LEG THE FLIGHT CREW SELECTED LANDING GEAR DOWN AND ALL ILLUMINATION WAS NORMAL (3 GREEN AND NO RED ILLUMINATION). THE FLIGHT CREW LANDED UNEVENTFUL. MAINTENANCE INSERTED THE LANDING GEAR PINS AND SELECTED GEAR UP AND DOWN NUMEROUS TIMES AND WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED AND CONTINUES TO FLY WITHOUT REOCCURRENCE OF THE PROBLEM. OPERATOR HAS ORDERED AN NEW LANDING GEAR HANDLE SWITCH AND WIL