Service difficulty report · Wire · Cessna 560CESSNA

Difficulty date
January 16, 2006
Submitted
January 18, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N318QS
Make and model
Cessna 560CESSNA
Aircraft serial
5600418
Aircraft time
8,177 hours, 6,735 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Mlg Indicator
Stage of operation
CL
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

LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT AFTER T/O. RED -UNLOCK- LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AS WELL AS THE LEFT MAIN -DOWN & LOCKED- LIGHT. AFTER RECYCLING THE GEAR, IT RETRACTED NORMALLY. THE -HYDRAULIC PRESS- LIGHT EXTINGUISHED AT THE NORMAL SEQUENCE. HEARD THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DRAGGING AND FELT THE YAW. EXTENDED/FUNCTIONED NORMALLY UPON LANDING, W/O ABNORMAL INDICATIONS. TROUBLESHOT MAIN LANDING GEAR SYSTEM AND FOUND A BROKEN WIRE ON LT UPLOCK SWITCH. REPAIRED WIRE AND PERFORMED OPS CHECK WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. ALL WORK DONE IAW CE 560 ULTRA MM 32-60-00.