Service difficulty report · Squat Switch · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
April 17, 2012
Submitted
April 20, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N615QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605360
Aircraft time
7,232 hours, 5,730 cycles
Part
Squat Switch
Condition
Out Of Rig
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF COULD NOT MOVE THE GEAR HANDLE TO RETRACT/UP POSITION. GEAR REMAINED DOWN. PRESSURIZATION DID NOT WORK. TRANSPONDER WAS INOP. ALL OTHER ACFT FUNCTIONS APPEARED NORMAL. DIVERTED AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. DURING POST FLIGHT THE CENTER BITE INDICATOR LABELED SQUAT DISAGREE WAS TRIPPED LOCATED IN THE LT NOSE AVIONICS COMPARTMENT. CYCLED GEAR SEVERAL TIMES OPS CHECKED GOOD. RANG OUT SQUAT SWITCH BOTH LT AND RT SWITCH CHECKED GOOD. RANG OUT WOW PCB. SQUAT SWITCHES CHECKED GOOD. CHECKED RIG FOUND LT SQUAT SWITCH SLIGHTLY OUT OF RIG. RERIGGED SQUAT SWITCH AND PERFORMED OPS CHECK. OPS CHECKED GOOD IAW MM 32-61-00.

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