Service difficulty report · Switch · Swrngn SA226TC

Difficulty date
August 9, 2009
Submitted
October 23, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Swrngn SA226TC
Aircraft time
29,691 hours
Engine
Garrtt TPE33110UA
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4N3
Part
Switch
Part number
1EN516
Condition
Failed
Location
Mlg
Part time
1,115 hours
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON COMPLETION OF A TEST FLIGHT, COMING IN TO LAND, CREW DID NOT GET 3 GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED. RT MAIN DID NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED. GEAR WAS RECYCLED 3 TIMES. ON THIRD ATTEMPT, AFTER ABOUT 20 SECONDS THE RT MAIN WENT GREEN. CREW THEN ELECTED TO DO A LOW AND OVER FOR TOWER TO VISUALLY INSPECT THAT IT WAS DOWN, AND PROCEEDED TO DO THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX REPLACED INTERMITTENT RT INBD MAIN GEAR DOWN LOCK MICROSWITCH, AS THE SWITCH WHEN ACTIVATED WOULD CAUSE BOTH LIGHTS, ONLY ONE LIGHT OR NO LIGHTS TO ILLUMINATE WHEN DEPRESSED FULLY. THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE MODE OF THESE SWITCHES. IT APPEARS TO BE FAILURE OR BREAKDOWN OF THE SWITCH CONTACTS. PROBLEM HAS NOT REOCCURED.