Service difficulty report · Squat Switch · Amd FALCON2000

Difficulty date
February 21, 2010
Submitted
February 22, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N204QS
Make and model
Amd FALCON2000
Aircraft serial
104
Aircraft time
8,404 hours, 5,265 cycles
Engine
Cfe CFE73811B
Part
Squat Switch
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
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 WOULD NOT RETRACT. NOSE GEAR RED LIGHT WENT OUT, BOTH LT AND RT MAIN GEAR GREEN AND RED LIGHTS REMAINED ON WITH THE FLASHING GEAR HANDLE. ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL DURING GEAR EXTENSION. TROUBLESHOT SYS AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE. SERVICED NLG STRUT WITH NITROGEN IAW MM 32-212. CHANGED BOTH MLG DOOR PROX SWITCHES IAW MM 32-311. CHANGED NLG LT SQUAT SWITCH. F/T OK.