Service difficulty report · Circuit Breaker · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
December 14, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Aircraft time
10,635 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A67D
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4A3I
Part
Circuit Breaker
Part number
16001260
Condition
Shorted
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) ON APPROACH TO LAND CREW SELECTED GEAR DOWN, AFTER A FEW SECONDS THEY NOTICED NO MOVEMENT FROM THE GEAR. CREW WENT THRU THE CHECK PROCEDURES AND WHEN GEAR STILL DID NOT MOVE, GEAR WAS MANUALLY EXTENDED. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ACFT WAS PLACED ON JACKS AND SEVERAL GEAR SWINGS CARRIED OUT, A DIRTY AND LOOSE CONNECTION WAS LOCATED. CONNECTION WAS CLEANED AND TIGHTENED, GEAR SWINGS CARRIED OUT AND AIRCRAFT TEST FLOWN WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS.

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