Service difficulty report · Valve · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
April 10, 2014
Submitted
May 5, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N317QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800160
Aircraft time
6,188 hours, 4,082 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
MS288892
Condition
Malfunctioned
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 TAKEOFF, THE GEAR HANDLE WOULD NOT COME UP. THE PIN NEVER RELEASED & THE GEAR LIGHTS REMAINED GREEN. AMBER WOW INCOMPARABLE CAS MESSAGE CAME ON & REMAINED UNTIL LANDING, LANDING WAS NORMAL. POWERED ACFT & FOUND NO FAULTS ON EICAS. RANG OUT ALL SQUAT SWITCHES, ALL GOOD. JACKED NOSE GEAR & NOTICED LOWER OLEO WAS NOT FULLY EXTENDING, CAUSING SQUAT SWITCH STRIKE PLATE TO NOT CONTACT SQUAT SWITCH. CHECKED SERVICING OF UPPER OLEO IN LIMITS, 280 PSI, LWR OLEO WAS EMPTY. FOUND NITROGEN SERVICING VLV LEAKING. R & R SERVICING VLV & SERVICED LWR OLEO WITH NITROGEN TO -10 PSI. LOWERED & JACKED NOSE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES, NOSE GEAR EXTENDS SMOOTHLY EACH TIME MAKING CONTACT WITH NOSE SQUAT SWITCH IAW WDM 32-60-01 & WDM 32-20-00.