Service difficulty report · Connector · Dhav DHC7103

Difficulty date
April 19, 2015
Submitted
August 5, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC7103
Aircraft time
29,106 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A50
Propeller
Hamstd 24PF305
Part
Connector
Part number
MS3106R10SL3S
Condition
Broken
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
AP
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) ON ARRIVAL AT DESTINATION ON FINAL APPROACH, CREW WERE UNABLE TO LOWER THE GEAR USING NORMAL PROCEDURE. ACFT DID NOT LAND BUT RETURNED & WENT INTO HOLD POSITION & CARRIED OUT A SUCCESSFUL EMER GEAR LOWERING PROCEDURE. ACFT THEN LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. FAULT WAS TRACED TO BROKEN WIRE ON CONNECTOR 3261-P8 ON THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR VLV. THE CONNECTOR WAS REPLACED & AS A PRECAUTION, THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR VLV. ACFT WAS JACKED & A FULL FUNCTION SYS CARRIED OUT WITH NO PROBLEM. THE ACFT WAS RELEASED BACK TO SERVICE.