Service difficulty report · Uplock · Amd FALCON2000

Difficulty date
June 22, 2012
Submitted
June 25, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N215QS
Make and model
Amd FALCON2000
Aircraft serial
214
Aircraft time
6,955 hours, 4,321 cycles
Engine
Cfe CFE73811B
Part
Uplock
Part number
C242450062
Part serial
U818
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Mlg
Part time
6,656 hours, 4,126 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

UPON GEAR RETRACTION, ALL 3 GEAR DOOR RED LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED ACCOMPANIED BY A FLASHING RED GEAR HANDLE LIGHT. ALL 3 GEAR GREEN LIGHTS WERE EXTINGUISHED. EXTENDED GEAR UNEVENTFULLY (FELT GEAR COME OUT OF WELLS), RED LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED AND 3 GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. WE LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. AT NO TIME WAS AMBER OR BRAKE LIGHTS NOTED ON MWP, NO MINELCOS PRESENT ON MX PANEL. DOWNLOADED BSCUS IAW REQUEST AND NO CODES WERE PRESENT. PLACED GEAR IN THE UP POSITION. ALL THREE GEARS RETRACTED, BUT THE L/H AND R/H MAIN GEAR DOORS DID NOT RETRACT. ALL 3 GEAR DOOR LIGHTS STAY ILLUMINATED AND GEAR HANDLE LIGHT FLASHES RED WITH GEAR HANDLE IN UP POSITION. PLACED GEAR HANDLE IN DOWN POSITION AND ALL 3 GEARS EXTENDED NORMALLY, AND BOTH MAIN GEAR DOORS SHUT (3 GREEN DOWN AND LOCK LIGHT ILLUMINATED.) REFERENCED "CATS" FOR TROUBLESHOOTING OF DISCREPANCY. "CATS" RECOMMENDED CHECKING NOSE LANDING GEAR UPLOCK PROX. SWITCHES (5GM). V\WHILE CHECKING NLG UPLOCK SWITCHES COULD NOT GET NLG UPLOCK HOOK TO LATCH OVER CENTER TO THE UP AND LOCKED POSITION (SUSPECT INTERNAL FAILURE OF NLG UPLOCK ASSY.) DECIDED TO PUT THE GEAR IN THE UP POSITION AND TURN HYDRAULIC PRESSURE OFF TO SEE IF UP LOCK WAS ACTUALLY GOING OVER CENTER AND WOULD HOLD THE NOSE GEAR UP WITH NO HYD. PRESSURE. WITH ALL THREE GEARS UP AND NO HYD. PRESSURE, THE NOSE GEAR FALLS OUT OF NOSE WHEEL WELL AND EXTENDS. MAIN GEAR DOORS STILL WILL NOT CLOSE WITH GEAR IN UP POSITION. (POD NLG UP LOCK BOX) REMOVED NLG UPLOCK ASSY AND REPLACED WITH REPAIRED NLG UP LOCK ASSEMBLY. BLED SYSTEM. PERFORMED A SLOW CYCLE AND FULL CYCLE OF LANDING GEARS. LANDING GEARS OPS CHECK GOOD. NO FLASHING LIGHTS IN GEAR HANDLE.