Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Bombdr DHC8400

Difficulty date
May 23, 2014
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8400
Aircraft time
13,073 hours
Engine
Pwc PW150A
Propeller
Rotol CR4086123F17
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Unknown
Location
Nose
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) CREW CALLED FOR GEAR DOWN. BOTH MAIN GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED, AND DOORS CLOSED. THE NOSE GEAR RED UNSAFE LIGHT AND AMBER SELECTOR HANDLE WERE ILLUMINATED. THE ALTERNATE DOWN LOCK VERIFICATION SYS CONFIRMED THIS. TOWER WAS INFORMED THAT A GO-AROUND WOULD BE INITIATED AND THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED. THE ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION CHECKLIST WAS REVIEWED. EMERGENCY WAS NOT DECLARED. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MLG PINNED AND ACFT RETURNED HOME. GEAR SWINGS CARRIED OUT WITH NO FAULTS FOUND. SOLONOID SEQUENCE VALVE REPLACED AS A PRECAUTION. TESTED SERVICEABLE.