Service difficulty report · Wire · Cessna 402B

Difficulty date
August 14, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Cessna 402B
Engine
Cont TSIO520E
Propeller
Mcauly 3AF32C505
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Lt Mlg
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR GREEN (DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT AFTER LANDING GEAR SELECTED DOWN. EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM ACTIVATED WITH NO RESULTS. AFTER UNEVENTFUL LANDING, FAULT WAS TRACED TO A BROKEN WIRE AT THE LEFT GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED MICROSWITCH.

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