Service difficulty report · Wire Harness · Gulstm 200

Difficulty date
December 21, 2012
Submitted
December 24, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N718QS
Make and model
Gulstm 200
Aircraft serial
136
Aircraft time
5,027 hours, 3,125 cycles
Part
Wire Harness
Condition
Dirty
Location
Mlg
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 DEPARTING, CYCLED LANDING GEAR UP AND THE NOSE GEAR SHOWED STUCK IN TRANSIT. FOLLOWED THE CHECKLIST AND CYCLED GEAR DOWN AGAIN AND BACK UP BUT NOSE GEAR STUCK INTRANSIT CAME BACK ON AGAIN. CONTINUED CHECKLIST AND PUT GEAR HANDLE BACK DOWN RECEIVED THREE GREEN GEAR INDICATIONS AND LANDED. JACKED ACFT AND ACCOMPLISHED EXTENSION AND RETRACTION CYCLES IAW MM 32-30-00. NO DEFECTS NOTED WITH EITHER INDICATION OR OPERATION. INSPECTED THE GEAR FOR LEAKS OR DAMAGED WIRE HARNESSES. NO DEFECTS NOTED. CLEANED NLG ACTUATOR CONNECTOR 6G. DISCONNECTED AND INSPECTED UPLOCK HARNESS GROUND TERMINALS 515 AND 517 AND NOTED THE TERMINALS AND GROUND POINTS TO BE DIRTY. CLEANED THE TERMINALS AND STRUCTURE BOND POINTS AND RECONNECTED TERMINALS 515 AND 517. ACCOMPLISHED 10 ADDITIONAL GEAR EXTENSION AND RETRACTION CYCLES. NO DEFECTS NOTED. WORK ACCOMPLISHED IAW MM 32-30-00. DOWN JACKED THE ACFT AND RECONFIGURED FOR FLIGHT.