Service difficulty report · Sequence Valve · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
December 18, 2007
Submitted
January 21, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft time
46,952 hours, 57,086 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW120A
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF7
Part
Sequence Valve
Part number
535201
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Mlg
Part time
28,240 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) THE GEAR WAS SELECTED UP, IT RETRACTED NORMALLY. THROUGH 2000 FT THUMPING NOISE IN NOSE WAS HEARD FOLLOWED BY AN AMBER LIGHT IN THE SELECTOR KNOB FLASHING ON. OCCASIONALLY A RED NOSE GEAR LIGHT CAME ON. MAINT REPLACED NLG DOOR WARN PROX SWITCH AND SWAPPED THE NOSE GEAR SEQ VALVE RELAY WITH THE RT MLG DOOR SEQ VALVE. AFTER FURTHER T/S IT WAS SUSPECTED THAT MLG SELECTOR HANDLE WAS AT FAULT. AT THIS TIME THE MLG SELECTOR HANDLE WAS REPLACED FOR T/S AND WILL UPDATE FURTHER WHEN AVAILABLE. GEAR SWINGS WERE C/O WITH THE NEW SELECTOR HANDLE AND THE A/C WAS CHECKED SERVICEABLE. (TC NR 20071219009)