Service difficulty report · Switch · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
December 4, 2005
Submitted
December 8, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N478LX
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK387
Aircraft time
1,102 hours, 965 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT15D5
Part
Switch
Part number
MS243311
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Rt Mlg
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN DURING APPROACH THEY ONLY RECEIVED A GREEN NOSE AND LT GEAR INDICATION. NO RT GEAR INDICATION WAS RECEIVED, RED IN-TRANSIT LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE AND GEAR HORN DID NOT SOUND. RT GEAR INDICATION WAS NOT RECEIVED AFTER AN EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION WAS PERFORMED. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, AC LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. FOLLOWING LANDING, RT LANDING GEAR INDICATION WAS RECEIVED. REPLACED RT GEAR DOWN LOCK SWITCH AND RE-ROUTED WIRING TO DOWN LOCK POSITION SWITCH AT RT MLG TO AVOID JAMMING. RT MLG BULB WAS FOUND TO HAVE MINOR DEFECT, WAS REPLACED. LANDING GEAR OPS WERE FOUND TO BE GOOD AFTER SEVERAL GEAR CYCLES. CK FLT WAS COMPLETED AND AC RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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