Service difficulty report · Wire · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
December 13, 2014
Submitted
December 23, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N385QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800115
Aircraft time
7,117 hours, 4,712 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Chafed
Location
Mlg
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

DURING GEAR RETRACTION, ALL FOUR GEAR LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED NORMALLY, BUT WITHIN 1-2 SECONDS, RED UPLOCK LIGHT FLICKERED & THEN STAYED ON. GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY. JACKED AIRCRAFT, CONNECTED HYD AND CYCLED GEAR. UNLOCK WOULD REMAIN ON, ON THE FIRST TIME THE GEAR WAS CYCLED, AND THEN OPERATE PROPERLY AFTER THAT. AIRCRAFT WOULD HAVE TO SIT FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AND THEN WOULD FAIL ON FIRST CYCLE. CHECKED CDMS, SAW NLG NOT UP AND LOCKED MESSAGE ON THE PCB 2 PAGE WHILE THE UNLOCK LIGHT WAS ON. THE PCB 1 MESSAGE SHOWED UP/LOCKED WHILE THE UNLOCK LIGHT WAS ON. INSPECTED GEAR WELL WIRING FOUND BOOT ON WIRING GOING TO UP LOCK SWITCH TO BE SPLIT. REMOVED BOOT AND INSPECTED WIRING AND FOUND WIRES CHAFED AND ONE WIRE BROKEN. REPAIRED WIRING FOR NOSE UPLOCK SWITCH AT CONNECTOR IAW MM 20-20-00. INSTALLED NEW WIRING AND CONNECTOR BOOT. CYCLED GEAR SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO FAULT. OPS CHECKED GOOD.