Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Beech A100

Difficulty date
December 6, 2009
Submitted
January 19, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech A100
Aircraft time
16,196 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A28
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Inoperative
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

(CAN) LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT COME DOWN IN YSF. RED GEAR HANDLE LIGHT WENT ON AND REMAINED ON. PROCESSED TO YPA, PERFORMED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE. LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM BLED AND SERVICED IAW AVIA DESIGN MAINTENANCE MANUAL M-8101. EMERGENCY NITROGEN BLOW DOWN BOTTLE SERVICED. 1 6 GEAR RETRACTIONS COMPLETED AS PART OF PROCEDURE TO PREVENT SYSTEM TO NORMAL CONFIGURATION. LANDING GEAR MOTOR, MOTOR RELAY, AND PRESSURE SWITCH REPLACED 10 ADDITIONAL FAULT FREE RETRACTIONS COMPLETED. ACCUMULATOR RECHARGED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (TC NR 20091223008)

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