Service difficulty report · Downlock Switch · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
February 14, 2013
Submitted
February 18, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N933QS
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500133
Aircraft time
10,437 hours, 6,410 cycles
Part
Downlock Switch
Part number
604071
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Nlg
Part time
10,437 hours, 6,410 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

WHEN GEAR HANDLE WAS SELECTED TO THE DOWN POSITION FOR LANDING, MAIN GEAR INDICATIONS WERE GREEN, NOSE GEAR DID NOT INDICATE GREEN. UNLOCK LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED. FOLLOWED THE CHECKLIST PROCEDURE WHICH DIRECTED US TO BLOW THE GEAR DOWN AND PULL THE NOSE GEAR UPLOCK. MOMENTARILY RECEIVED THREE GREEN INDICATIONS ON SHORT FINAL, THEN NOSE GEAR LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. NOSE GEAR LIGHT IS NOW INTERMITTENT WHILE ON THE GROUND. FOUND DOWNLOCK SWITCH INTERMITTENT. R & R SWITCH WITH NEW. RESTORED LANDING GEAR TO NORMAL CONFIGURATION. LANDING GEAR OPS CHECKED NORMAL. WORK PERFORMED IAW MM 32-30-03.

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