Service difficulty report · Actuator · Piper PA44180

Difficulty date
July 4, 2014
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA44180
Aircraft time
10,425 hours
Part
Actuator
Part number
451848
Condition
Bent
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) PILOT REPORTED THAT WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN THAT THERE WAS NO GREEN NOSE DOWN INDICATION, EVEN THOUGH HE COULD SEE IN THE MIRROR THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND WAS BROUGHT INTO THE MAINTENANCE SHOP WHERE IT WAS SEEN THAT THE GEAR DOWN MICROSWITCH ACTUATOR LEAF WAS BENT OVER AND NOT MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DOWNLOCK MECHANISM THEREBY PREVENTING THE ILLUMINATION OF THE GREEN NOSE GEAR DOWN LIGHT. SWITCH ACTUATOR WAS REPLACED AND GEAR SWUNG AND GEAR DOWN LIGHTS OPERATED NORMALLY. (TC# 20140711005)

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