Service difficulty report · Proximity Switch · Amd FALCON2000

Difficulty date
September 5, 2010
Submitted
September 7, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N224QS
Make and model
Amd FALCON2000
Aircraft serial
124
Aircraft time
8,940 hours, 5,507 cycles
Engine
Cfe CFE73811B
Part
Proximity Switch
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
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, WHEN RAISING THE LANDING GEAR, THE RT MLG DID NOT RAISE BUT THE NOSEWHEEL AND THE LT MLG RAISED, THEN THE LT MAIN CAME BACK DOWN. AT THAT TIME WE HAD LT AND RT GREEN ARROWS AND RED LIGHTS, AND NO RED OR GREEN NLG LIGHTS, NO FLASHING GEAR HANDLE NOR "GEAR GEAR" ANNUNCIATOR. RAN THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST, PUT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE DOWN AND GOT PROPER 3 GREEN AND NO RED INDICATIONS. JACKED ACFT, FOUND NOSE GEAR LT PROIMITY SENSOR TO BE OUT OF ADJUSTMENT, ADJUSTED PROXIMITY SWITCH, OPS CHECKED GOOD AND DOWNJACKED ACFT.