Service difficulty report · Control Valve · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
April 6, 2011
Submitted
April 6, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N949QS
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500049
Aircraft time
11,099 hours, 6,993 cycles
Part
Control Valve
Part number
82182
Part serial
0206
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Mlg
Part time
696 hours, 439 cycles
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 GEAR RETRACTION, THE GEAR UNLOCK LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS LONGER THAN NORMAL, ACCOMPANIED BY EXCESSIVE NOISE COMING FROM THE NOSE GEAR AREA. COMPLIED WITH THE LANDING GEAR WILL NOT RETRACT CHECK LIST, AND GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY. FOUND NOSE STRUT NOT FULLY EXTENDED. AFTER SERVICING STRUT CYCLED GEAR, HEARD AIR IN SYS BLED SYS. ACCUMULATOR PRESSURES FOUND NORMAL, NO LEAKS. VERIFIED GEAR CONTROL RESET TEE HANDLE IN PROPER POSITION. AIR STILL PRESENT IN SYS. R & R LANDING GEAR CONTROL VALVE ASSY WITH A SERVICABLE EXCHANGE UNIT. BLED SYS, OPS AND LEAK CHECKED NORMAL. WORK DONE IAW MM 12-10-15 AND 32-30-02.

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