Service difficulty report · Contacts · Piper PA44180

Difficulty date
February 25, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA44180
Part
Contacts
Condition
Defective
Location
Mlg
Part time
716 hours
Component
89291003
Stage of operation
AP
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) AFTER THE UNDERCARRIAGE WAS SELECTED DOWN ON APPROACH, THE LT MAIN GEAR AND THE NOSE GEAR SAFE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED, THE GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION LIGHT EXTINGUISHED AND THEN APPROXIMATELY 20 SECONDS LATER, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR SAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IT WAS DETERMINED THE CONTACTS FOR THE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT WERE DEFECTIVE. THIS UNDERCARRIAGE DOWNLOCK SWITCH CONTAINS THREE SETS OF CONTACTS; ONE FOR HYDRAULICS, ONE FOR THE LANDING GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT, AND ONE FOR THE GEAR SAFE LIGHT. THE SWITCH WAS REPAIRED BY SWITCHING THE GEAR SAFE CIRCUIT TO A SERVICEABLE SPARE SET OF CONTACTS IN THE SWITCH.

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