Service difficulty report · Circuit Board · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
August 10, 2005
Submitted
August 15, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N457CW
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK57
Aircraft time
5,017 hours, 4,346 cycles
Part
Circuit Board
Part number
1283640681
Part serial
436E92
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

ON VISUAL APPROACH GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN, NO GEAR MOVEMENT. APPROACH WAS MISSED, GEAR SELECTED UP. EMERGENCY DECLARED, ACFT RETURNED. ON RETURN GEAR LEVER WAS CYCLED SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO GEAR MOVEMENT. ON APPROACH GEAR SELECTED DOWN & APPROX 5 SEC GEAR EXTENDED. UNEVENTFUL LANDING. MX PERFORMED OPS CHECKS OF LANDING GEAR WITH NO DEFECTS. BENCH CHECK OF PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD 162 PERFORMED WITH NO DEFECTS FOUND. GEAR CONTROL UNIT, SOLENOIDS ON VALVE PACK, GEAR DOOR & DOOR SWITCHES ALL CHECKED WITH NO DEFECTS. PCB 162 REPLACED DUE TO SUSPICION OF K1 RELAY BEING INTERMITTENT. OPERATIONAL CHECKS OF GEAR AND A TEST FLIGHT WERE PERFORMED WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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