Service difficulty report · Spring · Bombdr DHC8400

Difficulty date
April 11, 2019
Submitted
August 17, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8400
Aircraft time
23,503 hours
Part
Spring
Part number
478443
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg Door Link
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 GEAR DOWN SELECTION, THE LH AND RH INDICATE GREEN DOWN AND LOCK BUT THE NLG REMAINS RED, THE AMBER GEAR DOOR LIGHTS ALSO REMAIN ILLUMINATED. AFTER 15 SECONDS, THE NLG NOW INDICATE GREEN DOWN AND LOCK. ALTERNATE INDICATION ALSO SHOWS 3 GREEN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. UPON MTC TROUBLESHOOTING, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE SPRING ASSY ON THE NLG DOOR LINK ASSY WAS BROKEN. THE SPRING ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED, OPERATIONAL TEST OF THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTION AND EXTENSION SYSTEM CARRIED OUT WITH NO FURTHER FAULT NOTED. (TC# 20190411015)