Service difficulty report · Control Valve · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
June 23, 2008
Submitted
July 25, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N687QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605187
Part
Control Valve
Part number
718391
Part serial
257
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Mlg
Part time
6,336 hours, 4,943 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE AT FL350. GEAR HANDLE PLACED IN THE DOWN POSITION ON FINAL APPROACH AND NOTHING HAPPENED FOR 3-5 SECONDS TEHN THE GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY. COMPLIED WITH SERVERE TURBULANCE INSP IAW MM 05-50-20 PARA 5. NO DEFECTS FOUND WITH A/C AT THIS TIME. DUPLICATED PROBLEM ON GROUND. TROUBLESHOT & FOUND PROPER ELECTRICAL POWER & GROUND TO LAND GEAR CONTROL VALVE AS WELL AS HYDRAULIC LOADING VALVE. REPLACED LANDING GEAR CONTROL VALVE WITH AN OVERHAULED VALVE PER MM 32-30-02. FOUND LANDING GEAR TO EXTEND & RETRACT PROPERLY 10 TIMES IN A ROW PER MM 32-30-00. LEAK CHECKED GOOD. HYD RESERVOIR SERVICED TO FULL.

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