Service difficulty report · Position Sensor · Lear 55LEAR

Difficulty date
January 28, 2005
Submitted
January 31, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N522WK
Make and model
Lear 55LEAR
Aircraft serial
088
Aircraft time
8,152 hours, 5,846 cycles
Part
Position Sensor
Part number
26182768
Part serial
26471
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nlg Steering
Component
Steering Unit · Lear
Component part number
23942016
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKE-OFF, NLG FAILED TO GO TO UP AND LOCKED POSITION. MLG SELECTED DOWN WITH 3 GREEN INDICATED. ACFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT FOLLOWING 20 MIN OPS TO LOWER LANDING WEIGHT TO BELOW OVERWEIGHT LIMIT. UNEVENTFULL LANDING AND POSITION TO PARKING. PIC NOTED NOSE WHEEL STEERING INOPERATIVE/SLUGGISH ON TAXI. MX NOTED THAT UPON ELECTRICAL POWER APPLICATION THAT THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING MADE AN UNCOMMANDED REPOSITIONING. AS T/S CONTINUED NOSE WHEEL STEERING OBSERVED TO CONTINUALLY ROTATE STRUT. FAULTY OPS OF THE NLG STEERING FOLLOW-UP AND COMPUTER WAS FOUND. NOSE STEERING COMPUTER AND FOLLOW-UP WERE REPLACED AND SYSTEM TEST FOUND TO BE SATISFACTORY. LANDING GEAR EXTENSTION AND RETRACTION TESTS SATISFACTORY.