Service difficulty report · Uplock Switch · Bombdr BD7001A10

Difficulty date
April 27, 2013
Submitted
April 30, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N142QS
Make and model
Bombdr BD7001A10
Aircraft serial
9485
Aircraft time
9,174 hours, 7,369 cycles
Part
Uplock Switch
Part number
65430087
Part serial
T2PL6D002EBX
Condition
Damaged
Location
Mlg
Part time
9,174 hours, 7,369 cycles
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 GEAR RETRACTON HAD AN GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT, STAB MISCOMPARE AND HYD PRESSURE LIGHT. NO GREEN GEAR LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. FOLLOWED CHECK LIST AND PULLED HYD CONTROL CIRCUIT BREAKER AND HEARD A NOISE UNDER FLOOR. PUSHED BREAKER IN AND PUT GEAR DOWN NORMALLY AND STAB LIGHT WENT OUT. FOUND THE PLUNGER BROKEN OFF R/H MLG UPLOCK SWITCH AND THEREFORE "HYD PRESS ON" COULD NOT EXTINGUISH. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE UPLOCK SWITCH. PERFORMED GEAR SWING & ADJUSTED SWITCH. GEAR FLAP & STAB OPS CHECKED GOOD. WORK DONE IAW THE MM 32-30-05.