Service difficulty report · Switch · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
December 21, 2005
Submitted
January 19, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N445CW
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK45
Aircraft time
6,660 hours, 6,498 cycles
Part
Switch
Part number
22500231
Part serial
1658
Condition
Worn
Location
Thrust Reverser
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON DESCENT, NR 1 THRUST REVERSER UNLOCK LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THRUST REVERSER EMERGENCY STOW BUTTON WAS PUSHED, DIVERTED. ACFT WANTED TO ROLL LEFT. UNSURE IF ROLL WAS RELATED TO THRUST REVERSER ISSUE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. YAW DAMPER WAS THEN DISENGAGED. DURING APPROACH ROLL TENDENCY DISAPPEARED. MX PERFORMED AUTO-PILOT & FLT MANAGEMENT SYS BITE TESTS, WITH NO NOTED DISCREPANCIES. NR 1 & 2 FLT CONTROL COMPUTER CARD POSITIONS SWAPPED. OPS CHECK OF AUTO-PILOT SYS PERFORMED. PRINTED C/B A185 REPLACED AFTER BEING SWAPPED FROM POSITION A186 WHILE T/S THRUST REVERSER SYS. INBOARD THRUST REVERSER STOW LIMIT SWITCH REPLACED AFTER FAILED TEST. NO DEFECTS NOTED IN THRUST REVERSER SYS AFTER OPS CHK PERFORMED.

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