Service difficulty report · Circuit Board · Amd FALCON2000

Difficulty date
February 9, 2014
Submitted
February 24, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N229QS
Make and model
Amd FALCON2000
Aircraft serial
129
Aircraft time
10,753 hours, 6,814 cycles
Part
Circuit Board
Part number
C16262
Part serial
192
Condition
Faulty
Location
Landing Gear
Part time
10,759 hours, 6,817 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

AFTER TAKEOFF THE LG FAILED TO RETRACT WHEN THE GEAR HANDLE WAS SELECTED TO THE UP POSITION. THE TWO MAIN GEAR DOORS OPENED, 2 RED LIGHTS, BUT THE MAIN GEAR FAILED TO MOVE. THE GEAR HANDLE LIGHT WAS IN FLASHING MODE. WE CYCLED THE GEAR ONCE WITH THE SAME RESULT. WHEN THE GEAR HANDLE WAS SELECTED DOWN WE GOT 3 GREEN LIGHTS & NO RED, INDICATING THE GEAR WAS DOWN & LOCKED & THE GEAR DOORS WERE IN THE CLOSED NORMAL POSITION. REMOVED AND INSTALLED NEW NLG PROXIMITY SWITCH. ADJUSTED TO MINIMUM GAP IAW MM 32-61-49-900-801 OPS CHECK GOOD. REMOVED & INSTALLED NEW PCB 10GW REF F2000 MM 20-00-00-910-803 AND IPC 24-63-30-35 OPS CHECK GOOD. PERFORMED LANDING GEAR RETRACTION AND EXTENSION IAW MM 32-31-00-860-801 OPS CHECK GOOD NO FAULTS FOUND. CIRCUIT BOARD (PN: C1626-2, SN: 192), PROXIMITY SWITCH (PN: D22859000-2, SN: UNK003).