Service difficulty report · Downlock Switch · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
January 4, 2015
Submitted
January 13, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N900QS
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500123
Aircraft time
13,604 hours, 8,374 cycles
Part
Downlock Switch
Part number
602751
Part serial
9695835
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Mlg
Part time
4,148 hours, 2,591 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

RED UNLOCK LIGHT ON, AFTER SELECTING GEAR DOWN. AFTER RETRACTING GEAR THE GREEN NOSE LIGHT REMAINED ON EVEN THOUGH THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED TO RETRACT. THERE WAS NO WIND NOISE OR VIBRATION FELT. AS A PRECAUTION GEAR WAS BLOWN DOWN & THE RED UNLOCK LIGHT REMAINED ON. FOUND NLG DOWNLOCK SWITCH FAILED IN TRANSIT POSITION. RESET EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR SYS IAW MM 12-10-36. SERVICED & BLED HYD SYS. R & R NLG DOWNLOCK SWITCH IAW MM 32-30-03. SYS OPS CHECKED NORMAL. NO OTHER DEFECTS NOTED.

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