Service difficulty report · Actuator · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
July 8, 2020
Submitted
July 13, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N6DA
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
45543
Aircraft time
818 hours, 441 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
6632303003003
Condition
Loose
Location
Mlg
Part time
818 hours, 441 cycles
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

DURING APPROACH CREW OBSERVED LANDING GEAR DID NOT EXTEND NORMALLY WHEN SELECTED DOWN, IT WAS VERY SLOW TO EXTEND, THEN ONCE MAIN GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED, NOSE GEAR STILL INDICATED UNSAFE. OBSERVATION FROM TOWER DURING FLYBY, CONFIRMED NLG WAS NOT DOWN. CHECKLIST FOLLOWED, SETUP A HOLD PATTERN, ALL HYDRAULICS AND ELECTRICAL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. WHILE EVALUATING IN THE HOLD PATTERN, NLG EXTENDED ON ITS OWN AND INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED, PROCEEDED WITH UNEVENTFUL LANDING. MAINTENANCE EVALUATION COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. ELECTRICAL TROUBLESHOOTING PERFORMED ON GEAR CONTROL CIRCUITS AND SWITCHES, FOUND LEFT MLG INBOARD DOOR DOWN SWITCH LOOSE IN HOUSING OF INBOARD GEAR DOOR ACTUATOR. LH MLG INBOARD DOOR ACTUATOR WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED, P/N OFF 6632303003-003 S/N UNKNOWN, GEAR SWINGS ON GROUND OPS CHECK GOOD. OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT PERFORMED WITH NOT ISSUES NOTED.