Service difficulty report · Bulb · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
December 26, 2005
Submitted
December 28, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N442CW
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK42
Aircraft time
6,545 hours, 5,506 cycles
Part
Bulb
Part number
327
Condition
Burned Out
Location
Mlg Indicator
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED, LT GREEN GEAR LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED FOR LANDING INTO KASE. GEAR LEVER WAS RECYCLED ONCE AND LEFT GEAR INDICATION STILL DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THE APPROACH TO KASE WAS ABORTED, A/C WAS DIVERTING TO KEGE. CREW EXCHANGED THE RT GEAR INDICATION BULB FOR THE LT AND EXTENDED LANDING GEAR. LT GEAR INDICATION ILLUMINATED, BUT NOT THE RT. TOWER NOTIFIED ATC THAT A/C WAS IN AN EMERGENCY CONDITION AND CREW DECLARED MINIMUM FUEL. WHILE ON SHORT FINAL INTO KEGE, TOWER CONFIRMED THAT ALL THREE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE IN KEGE. MX REPLACED LT LANDING GEAR INDICATION LIGHT. OPS CHECKS WERE GOOD AND A/C WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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