Service difficulty report · Warning Light · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
October 7, 2007
Submitted
October 10, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N292SK
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145488
Aircraft time
11,622 hours, 9,856 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
15,987 hours, 13,977 cycles
Part
Warning Light
Condition
Illuminated
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

ORF TO IAD - THE AIRCRAFT WAS HEAVY ON FUEL FOR LANDING IN IAD, THE CREW EXTENDED FLAPS AND LANDING GEAR IN ORDER TO BURN FUEL TO ENSURE AIRCRAFT WAS UNDER MAXIMUM LANDING WEIGHT ON A 25 MILE FINAL. UPON EXTENDING, THE LANDING GEAR, CREW RECEIVED "LG AIR/GND FAIL" MESSAGE ON EICAS, THOUGH THE GEAR INDICATIONS WERE GREEN AND THERE WAS OBVIOUS DRAG CREATED BY THE EXTENDED GEAR. CREW ELECTED TO DO A LOW-ALTITUDE FLYOVER IN ORDER TO HAVE THE TOWER ENSURE THAT THE GEAR APPEARED DOWN AND LOCKED IN ADDITION TO GOING THROUGH THE REQUIRED QRH CHECKLISTS. THE TOWER DID NOT OBSERVE ANY ABNORMALITIES IN THE GEAR FROM THEIR VISUAL INSPECTION AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY ON THE SECOND APPROACH. UPON LANDING THE SPOILERS AND THRUST REVERSERS WERE INOPERATIVE AND "IC 1-2 WOW INOP" MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED ALONG WITH OTHER ASSOCIATED MESSAGES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED BACK TO THE GATE AND TURNED OVER TO MAINTENANCE. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED AND ELECTRICAL RESET AND ALL MESSAGES CLEARED, THEN PERFORMED A GVI OF ALL MAIN LANDING GEAR AND NOSE LANDING GEAR PROX SWITCHES AND CONNECTIONS AND FOUND NO FAULTS. MAINTENANCE ALSO PERFORMED A SPOILER TEST, AND STALL PROTECTION TEST BOTH NO DEFECTS NOTED. AIRCRAFT WAS THEN RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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