Service difficulty report · Actuator · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
February 25, 2015
Submitted
March 2, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
CNQR918C
Textron Aviation Inc
Aircraft
N634B
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
6034
Aircraft time
1,493 hours, 1,340 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
99125373
Part serial
1504
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Lt Mlg
Part time
1,493 hours, 1,340 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS OUT ON AN OPS CHECK AND DECLARED AN IN-FLIGHT EMERGENCY DUE TO GEAR INDICATION ISSUE. THEY PERFORMED A FLYBY AND IT WAS CONFIRMED THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. PILOT SQUAWK: AFTER COLD SOAK, LT MLG WOULD NOT FREEFALL TO DOWNLOCK OR GO TO DOWNLOCK WITH NORMAL EXTENSION. TRIED NORMAL EXTENSION 3 TIMES. AFTER BLOWDOWN, STILL HAD RED UNLOCK LIGHT AND NO LT GREEN LIGHT. UPON LANDING AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF TAXIING GOT GREEN DOWNLOCK INDICATOR & RED UNLOCK WENT OUT. ACFT IN THE BAY SINCE LAST DECEMBER AND THE ONLY MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON THE GEAR WAS A DOC 8 FUNCTIONAL CHECK AND WE HAD NO FINDINGS. THERE WERE NO SQUAWKS OR OTHER WORK PERFORMED ON THE GEAR.

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