Service difficulty report · Squat Switch · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
March 26, 2004
Submitted
March 29, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N960QS
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500160
Aircraft time
2,356 hours, 1,460 cycles
Part
Squat Switch
Part number
531762
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
CL
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

AFTER TAKE OFF FROM BED AND ESTABLISHED A POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB, SELECTED GEAR UP AND THE GREEN NOSE GEAR LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. PLACING GEAR SELECTOR TO THE EXTEND POSITION ALL THREE GREEN GEAR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE UNLOCKED LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED. THE GEAR SELECTOR COULD NOT BE BROUGHT OUT OF THE EXTEND POSITION, DIVERTED AIRCRAFT TO SWF. - TROUBLESHOT SYSTEM, ALL THREE GREEN LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE UNLOCKED LIGHT EXTINGUISHED, CONFIRMED THE GEAR SELECTOR COULD NOT BE BROUGHT OUT OF THE EXTEND POSITION. FOUND NOSE GEAR SQUAT SWITCH OUT OF ADJUSTMENT, RIGGED NOSE SQUAT SWITCH PER CESSNA 750 MM CHAPTER 32-60-00, GROUND OPS CHECKED GOOD.

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