Service difficulty report · Wire Harness · Beech B200

Difficulty date
January 2, 2004
Submitted
January 21, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N4QL
Make and model
Beech B200
Aircraft serial
BB942
Engine
Pwa PT6*
Part
Wire Harness
Condition
Broken
Location
Mlg Indicator
Part time
7,891 hours, 8,932 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED LT MLG DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATOR WAS NOT ILLUMINATED AFTER LANDING GEAR EXTENSION AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED ANT VNY WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON INVESTIGATION, A TY-WRAP WAS MISSING FROM THE LT MLG DRAG ACTUATING ROLLER HAD CAUGHT THE WIRE BUNDLE AND BROKEN THE DOWN AND LOCKED CIRCUIT WIRE UPON GEAR RETRACTION. THE WIRE WAS REPAIRED, THE WIRE BUNDLE WAS RESECURED, AND THE LANDING GEAR WAS OPERATIONALLY TESTED WITH NO FURTHER DISCREPANCIES NOTED.

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