Service difficulty report · Bulb · Gulstm 690

Difficulty date
June 22, 2008
Submitted
November 3, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Gulstm 690
Aircraft time
5,542 hours
Engine
Garrtt TPE3315251K
Part
Bulb
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Mlg Indicator
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) DISPATCHED FROM CYLB TO CYMM AT 11:10. ON DOWNWIND RT FOR 07 CYMM SELECTED GEAR DOWN BUT DID NOT GET A GEAR DOWN LIGHT FOR THE LT MAIN. GEAR APPEARED TO BE IN THE NORMAL DOWN POSITION, GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED, AND THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE WAS NORMAL. MX WAS PHONED TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE, AND CONCLUDED THAT IT WAS PROBABLY A DEFECTIVE LIGHT. CYMM RADIO WAS CONTACTED TO HAVE EMERGENCY VEHICLES ALERTED. ACFT CIRCLED WEST OF CYMM UNTIL EMERGENCY VEHICLES ARRIVED AND THEN PROCEEDED TO LAND WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. AFTER LANDING IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE LT GEAR LIGHT BULB WAS BURNED OUT. LT MAIN GEAR LIGHT BULB REPLACED.