Service difficulty report · Pseu · Dhav DHC8301

Difficulty date
April 19, 2011
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC8301
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF23
Part
Pseu
Part number
858601
Condition
Failed
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
D
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) FOLLOWING SELECTION OF LANDING GEAR UP, ALL GEAR RETRACTED AND INDICATED UP AND SAFE, BUT THE NLG DOORS INDICATORS BOTH REMAINED UNSAFE. ACFT BUFFET ALSO OBSERVED. FOLLOWING ACCELERATION DRILLS, SPEED WAS KEPT AT 130KTS AND FLAPS SET TO 5. ATC WERE INFORMED AND ACFT CLIMBED TO 5000 FT. UPON LEVEL OFF, NOSE GEAR DOORS CLOSED AND OPENED A FEW TIMES BUT THEN CLOSED AND INDICATED SAFE. QRH WAS FOLLOWED AND ENGINEERING CONTACTED VIA RADIO. ACFT CONFIGURATION WAS KEPT AT GEAR UP, FLAP 5, 130 KTS DURING THIS TIME. ACFT RETURNED VIA ILS 15 FOR AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. ALL LANDING GEAR INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL FOR THE APPROACH, LANDING AND TAXI. C/O RETRACTION CHECKS & PSEU OPS CHECK FOUND FAULT CODE "53" & "55" RECORDED, DRIVER CAR A & B FAULT. PSEU REPLACED.