Service difficulty report · Wire · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
May 20, 2005
Submitted
May 23, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N792TA
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK264
Aircraft time
4,848 hours, 3,948 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Damaged
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
AP
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

CREW REPORTED THAT AFTER GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN THEY HAD ONLY RECEIVED INDICATION FOR THE NOSE AND LEFT MAIN GEAR AND THE RED GEAR HANDLE LIGHT RAN THROUGH THE PROPER SEQUENCE. THE INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE CHECKED AND THE RIGHT BULB DID TEST GOOD. THE GEAR WAS CYCLED AND CREW RECEIVED THE SAME INDICATION. GEAR HORN WAS RECEIVED WHEN FLAPS WERE SELECTED AND POWER MOVED TO IDLE WITH GEAR RETRACTED. THE GEAR HORN SILENCED WHEN GEAR WAS THEN SELECTED DOWN. GROUND PERSONNEL PROVIDED TWO VISUAL CONFIRMATIONS THAT GEAR WAS DOWN. AIRCRAFT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING IN KBOS AND EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS STANDING BY. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED WIRING AND PERFORMED A SATISFACTORY LAMP CHECK. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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