Service difficulty report · Selector Valve · Israel GALAXY

Difficulty date
March 6, 2012
Submitted
March 7, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N700QS
Make and model
Israel GALAXY
Aircraft serial
052
Aircraft time
7,049 hours, 4,225 cycles
Part
Selector Valve
Part number
4017
Part serial
IL062
Condition
Leaking
Location
Mlg
Part time
7,049 hours, 4,225 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
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

ON GEAR EXTENSION, RECEIVED GREEN LIGHTS FOR LT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR BUT THE RT MAIN INDICATED YELLOW FOR APPROX 20 SECONDS FOLLOWED BY A RED "UNSAFE" INDICATION FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS. ALSO SHOWED THE RT ANTISKID SYS INOPERATIVE. THE RT MAIN GEAR LIGHT THEN TURNED GREEN AND THE ANTI-SKID INOPERATIVE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. TROUBLESHOT SYS AND FOUND UPLOCK & DOWNLOCK PRESSURES ERRATIC & INCONSISTENT WITH LIMITS GIVEN IN MM 32-32-00. LANDING GEAR SELECTOR VALVE LEAKING INTERNALLY. REPLACED SELECTOR VALVE WITH REPAIRED UNIT IAW CMP 323002. OPS CHECKED GOOD.

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