Service difficulty report · Position Switch · Amd FALCON2000

Difficulty date
August 30, 2005
Submitted
September 8, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N284QS
Make and model
Amd FALCON2000
Aircraft serial
185
Aircraft time
2,992 hours, 1,847 cycles
Part
Position Switch
Part number
803682
Part serial
1243
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Mlg
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 TAKEOFF GEAR HANDLE WAS SELECTED UP, GEAR STARTED TO RETRACT WITH THREE RED LIGHTS, GEAR THEN STOPPED INTRANSIT WITH MAIN GEAR RED AND GREENS SEEN AND GEAR HANDLE FLASHING. AFTER SELECTING GEAR DOWN, GEAR WENT DOWN NORMALLY. TROUBLESHOT FOR LANDING GEAR FAILURE TO RETRACT NORMALLY INTERFACED WITH AIRFRAME SYSTEM COMPUTERS AND FOUND NO FAULTS, OPERATIONALLY TESTED LANDING GEAR SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO FAULTS. AT THE OPERATOR REQUEST THE MLG DOOR ACTUATOR PROXIMITY SWITCHES, LEFT P/N 803602, S/N 1391, RIGHT P/N 803682, S/N 1243 WERE REPLACED WITH NEW SWITCHES OF SAME P/N, LEFT S/N 1224, RIGHT 1220 IN ACCORDANCE WITH FALCON 2000 MM 32-811. PERFORMED MLG OPERATIONAL CHECK AND FOUND T/O OPS CHECK NORMAL.