Service difficulty report · Sensor · Gulstm 200

Difficulty date
November 30, 2008
Submitted
June 12, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N712QS
Make and model
Gulstm 200
Aircraft serial
073
Aircraft time
4,505 hours, 2,761 cycles
Part
Sensor
Condition
Frozen
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON DEPARTURE APA, UNABLE TO GET LT AND RT MAIN TO RETRACT. YELLOW CROSS HATCHES APPEARED ON EICAS THEN TURNED RED. FOLLOWED PROCEDURES AND EXTENDED. THEN RETRACTED GEAR AND GET THE SAME RESULTS - YELLOW FOLLOWED BY RED. FOUND RT GEAR DOOR UPLOCK ACTUATOR AND POSITION SENSOR TO BE COMPLETELY FROZEN OVER. SWING GEAR AND DUPLICATED SQUAWK. REMOVED ICE AND INSPECTED THE DAMAGE FOUND. SWUNG GEAR SEVERAL TIMES. GEAR SWING OPERATION IS NORMAL AT THIS TIME IAW MM 32-30-00.