Service difficulty report · Switch · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
September 7, 2007
Submitted
September 10, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N387QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800119
Aircraft time
547 hours, 383 cycles
Engine
Pwc PW306C
Part
Switch
Condition
Out Of Rig
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

WHEN RETRACTING THE LANDING GEAR, A LOUD RATTLING SOUND AND VIBRATION OCCURED AND THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. IT APPEARED TO COME FROM THE NOSE GEAR. ALL GREEN LIGHTS WENT OUT AND THE RED UNLOCK LIGHT REMAINED. ADDITIONALLY, THE AMBER WOW MISCOMPARE EICAS MSG ILLUMINATED. WHEN THE GEAR HANDLE WAS LOWERED TO THE EXTEND POSITION, ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL AND ALL SYSTEMS WORKED NORMALLY ON LANDING. FOUND NOSE WOW SWITCH OUT OF RIG. ADJUSTED NOSE WOW SWITCH IAW CESSNA 680 MM 32-60-00. VERIFIED NO WOW MISCOMPARE EICAS MESSAGE. INTERROGATED CMC WOW PCB BOARDS WITH NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED.