Service difficulty report · Proximity Switch · Amd FALCON2000

Difficulty date
January 17, 2011
Submitted
January 18, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N268QS
Make and model
Amd FALCON2000
Aircraft serial
168
Aircraft time
7,910 hours, 5,006 cycles
Part
Proximity Switch
Part number
D228580001
Part serial
6689
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Mlg Door
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, ON GEAR RETRACTION THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED NORMALLY, BOTH MLG REMAINED GREEN & GEAR DOOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED RED. WHEN GEAR HANDLE MOVED TO THE GEAR DOWN POSITION ALL 3 GEARS SHOWED DOWN AND GREEN AND THE RED GEAR DOOR LIGHTS WERE EXTINGUISHED. REPLACED NLG PROXIMITY DETECTOR (5GBC) WITH A REPAIRED UNIT IAW MM 32-600. OPS CHECKED GOOD.