Service difficulty report · Uplock Switch · Cessna 650

Difficulty date
February 25, 2003
Submitted
March 24, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N16SU
Make and model
Cessna 650
Aircraft serial
6500025
Engine
Garrtt TFE731*
Part
Uplock Switch
Part number
H1113071
Condition
Failed
Location
Lt Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
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

AFTER DEPARTING PBI PILOT SELECTED LANDING GEAR UP. LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AND HANDLE IN-TRANSIT LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. A COUPLE OF SECONDS LATER, LANDING GEAR HANDLE IN TRANSIT LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY IN TRANSIT LIGHT EXTINGUISHING AND LEFT MAIN DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT ILLUMINATING. PILOTS SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND RETURNED TO PBI. LANDING GEAR WAS UNEVENTFUL. AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED ON JACKS AND A RETRACTION TEST WAS PERFORMED. IT WAS DETERMINED THE UPLOCK SWITCH HAD FAILED WHICH PREVENTED SOLENOID VALVE FROM OPENING AND APPLYING HYDRAULIC PRESSURE TO UPLOCK ACTUATOR. UPLOCK SWITCH REPLACED. OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD.

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