Service difficulty report · Downlock Switch · Gulstm G100

Difficulty date
March 22, 2015
Submitted
August 5, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Gulstm G100
Aircraft time
3,399 hours
Engine
Garrtt TFE731*
Part
Downlock Switch
Part number
M8805100016
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Rt Mlg
Part time
2,948 hours
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

(CAN) ON APPROACH THE CREW NOTED THE NOSE GEAR INDICATOR FOR DOWN & LOCK DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THEY ABORTED THE APPROACH & DID A FLY BY THE TOWER TO VERIFY THE GEAR WAS DOWN & LOCKED. TOWER CONFIRMED IT APPEARED DOWN & THEY CAME AROUND TO LAND. ON FINAL THE LIGHT CAME ON & REMAINED ON FOR THE LANDING & TAXI TO THE HANGAR. TROUBLESHOOTING THE SYS IT WAS NOTED THAT THE CONFIGURATION OF THE LENSES FOR THE POSITION INDICATION WAS WRONG & NOT AS IT SHOULD BE FROM LT TO RT. THE INDICATION SHOULD BE LT, NOSE, RT & THE POSITION OF THE LENSES WAS LT, RT, NOSE. FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED THAT IN FACT THE RT MAIN GEAR DOWN & LOCKED SWITCH WAS INTERMITTENT ON MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR, PN 25W252005-508. THE LENS HAD BEEN SOMEHOW CHANGED PRIOR TO OPERATING THE ACFT & NO ONE HAD NOTICED THE LOCATIONS WERE WRONG AS THE WRITING IS QUITE SMALL. AT A GLANCE EVERYONE SIMPLY LOOKED FOR THREE GREEN. SWITCH PN MM8805 100-016, HAS BEEN REPLACED & GEAR SWINGS CARRIED OUT & SYS FUNCTIONED NORMAL.