Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
November 27, 2011
Submitted
November 28, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N964QS
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500164
Aircraft time
8,454 hours, 5,236 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nose
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 TAKE OFF NLG DID NOT RETRACT. MAINS RETRACTED NORMALLY. NLG GREEN & RED UNLOCK LIGHT. HEARD SURGING & MOVEMENT OF NLG EVERY 10 SECONDS OR SO AS THE NLG KEPT TRYING TO RETRACT. AT ONE POINT RECEIVED NO GREEN LIGHTS & ONLY RED UNLOCK LIGHT. LOWERED GEAR HANDLE RECEIVED AN AMBER CAS "HYD PUMP A FAIL" FLASHED ON & OFF. GEAR LOWERED NORMALLY & LOCKED. PERFORMED GEAR SWINGS, NOTICED AT LOW FLOW NLG WAS SQUEALING FROM AIR IN SYS. PERFORMED 10 CYCLES AT 2 GPM AT 3000 PSI EACH CYCLE GEAR GOT QUITER. PERFORMED 10 CYCLES AT 6 GPM AT 3000 PSI AND GEAR FUNCTIONED NORMAL WITH NO INDICATIONS.

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