Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
March 29, 2011
Submitted
March 30, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N949QS
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500049
Aircraft time
11,091 hours, 6,988 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Unknown
Location
Nose
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, 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 LANDING GEAR RETRACTION GEAR UNLOCK LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED ABOUT 25 SECONDS LONGER THAN NORMAL ACCOMPANIED WITH LOUD WIND NOISE THEN FOLLOWED BY THE SOUND OF THE NOSE GEAR LOCKING UP AND A SLOW REDUCTION IN NOISE AS THE NOSE GEARS SLOWLY CLOSED WHEREUPON THE GEAR UNLOCK LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. ABOUT 5 MINS LATER HEARD AND FELT THE NOSE GEAR BUMP (BUMP IN THE NIGHT). UPON GEAR EXTENSION, THE WIND NOISE SEEMED LOUDER THAN NORMAL. ACCOMPLISHED GEAR BUMP TROUBLE SHOOTING CHECKLIST IAW THE MM 32-30-00. NO DEFECTS FOUND. CYCLE GEAR 10 CYCLES WITH NO FAULTS FOUND.

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