Service difficulty report · Uplock Switch · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
August 5, 2013
Submitted
August 19, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N955QS
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500055
Aircraft time
12,945 hours, 8,100 cycles
Part
Uplock Switch
Part number
SG005
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Nlg
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 TAKEOFF, GEAR HANDLE PLACED IN UP POSITION. NOSE GEAR DID NOT RETRACT. ALL THREE LANDING LIGHTS WERE OUT AND UNLOCK LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. COULD HEAR THAT IT WAS NOSE GEAR THAT WAS DOWN. RAN GEAR RETRACT CHECKLIST AND RECEIVED THREE GREEN GEAR DOWN LIGHTS. JACKED ACFT, CYCLED GEAR 10 TIMES, NO DEFECTS NOTED. VERIFIED NLG STRUT EXTENSION UPON EXTENSION. NO DEFECTS NOTED. VERIFIED NLG STEERING UNIT CENTERING FUNCTION FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS. RANG OUT NLG UPLOCK SWITCH. FOUND TO BE RESISTIVE. REPLACED NLG UPLOCK SWITCH WITH NEW SWITCH. RIGGED SWITCH. OPS CHECKS SATISFACTORY. DOWNLOADED ACFT. COMPLETED IAW MM CHAP 32-30-05.

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