Service difficulty report · Wire · Bag JETSTM3112

Difficulty date
November 18, 2009
Submitted
December 1, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bag JETSTM3112
Aircraft time
19,233 hours
Engine
Garrtt TPE33110UGR
Propeller
Rotol R333482F12
Part
Wire
Condition
Damaged
Location
Downlock
Part time
19,261 hours
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 APPROACH , WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED, THERE WAS NO "DOWN AND LOCKED" INDICATION ON THE NLG. THE PILOT`S ABORTED LANDING AND RETURNED TO BASE. ON APPROACH TO BASE A LOW FLY BY WAS ACCOMPLISHED TO VERIFY THE NLG WAS ACTUALLY DOWN AND LOCKED, WHICH IT WAS. A NORMAL LANDING FOLLOWED AND NO FURTHER PROBLEMS WERE ENCOUNTERED. UPON INSP BY MX. THERE WAS A BROKEN WIRE FOUND ON THE DOWNLOCK SWITCH IN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR BAY. THE WIRE WAS FIXED AND THE SYS WAS FUNCTIONALLY TESTED SERVICEABLE.