Service difficulty report · Uplock Switch · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
November 25, 2011
Submitted
November 28, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N574QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605820
Aircraft time
2,453 hours, 1,958 cycles
Part
Uplock Switch
Part number
65430087
Part serial
T001RADR
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Nlg
Part time
2,453 hours, 1,156 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S, J
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ON GEAR RETRACTION, NOSE GEAR LIGHT AND GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. EXTENDED GEAR AND LEFT IT DOWN FOR REMAINDER OF FLIGHT. AFTER FLAP EXTENSION TO BOTH 15 AND 35 DEGREES HYD PRESSURE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AND ACTIVATED MASTER CAUTION. WITHIN 5 SECONDS OF MASTER CAUTION BEING EXTINGUISHED BY CREW HYD PRESS LIGHT SELF EXTINGUISHED. CYCLED GEAR SEVERAL TIMES DUPLICATED NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. TROUBLESHOT TO NOSE GEAR UPLOCK SWITCH. REPLACED NOSE GEAR UP LOCK SWITCH IAW MM 32-61-00, 32-30-05 AND 32-01-00. GEAR OPS AND FUNCTIONAL CHECKED GOOD, NO DEFECTS NOTED. GROUND RUN OF ENGINE CYCLED FLAPS AND SPEED BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES NO FAULTS NOTED. FLAPS/HYD PRESSURE LIGHT, OPS CHECKED NORMAL.

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