Service difficulty report · Uplock Switch · Cessna 560CESSNA

Difficulty date
April 4, 2006
Submitted
April 6, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N331QS
Make and model
Cessna 560CESSNA
Aircraft serial
5600331
Aircraft time
9,562 hours, 7,644 cycles
Part
Uplock Switch
Part number
NPN
Part serial
NSN
Condition
Dirty
Location
Lg Retract Sys
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
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 AND FLAPS WERE RETRACTED "HYD PRESS ON" LIGHT REMAINED ON AFTER ALL CYCLES COMPLETE. ALSO ILLUMINATED WAS THE RED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT. CYCLED GEAR 3 TIMES ALL WITH SAME RESULT. JACK AIRCRAFT INSPECTED GEAR AND SWITCHES NO DEFECTS NOTED. RAN GEAR 8 TIMES NO DEFECTS NOTED, CLEANED UP LOCK SWITCHES AND PERFORMED LANDING GEAR HYDRAULIC SYSTEM TEST CH 32-01-00, NO DEFECTS NOTED. CHECK SWITCH ADJUSTMENTS NO DEFECTS NOTED CH 32-61-20. RAN GEAR SEVERAL MORE TIMES AGAIN, NO DEFECTS NOTED. HYD SYSTEM SERVICED CORRECTLY ALL WORK IAW 32-12-00 CE560 M/M CH'S 32-61-00, 32-01-00 AND 32-30-00.