Service difficulty report · Uplock Switch · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
November 22, 2022
Submitted
November 29, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N520QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
680A0056
Aircraft time
5,466 hours, 3,717 cycles
Part
Uplock Switch
Part number
69481013
Condition
Faulted
Location
Rt Mlg
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
L

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING VISUAL APPROACH, MLG SELECTED DOWN, MLG DISAGREE RT AMBER CAS ILLUM YELLOW X ON RT MLG INDICATOR. ABORTED APPROACH & RAN QRH, USING BLOWDOWN HANDLE. TOWER VERIFIED THE RT MLG DOWN. FLAP SELECTED TO FULL, RT MAIN INDICATOR TURNED RED & REMAINED. ACFT LANDED SAFELY. JACKED, CONNECTED GPU, CONNECTED HYDAUUC MULE, SERVICED EMERGENCY BLOW DOWN BOTTLE. PERFORMED 10 MLG SWINGS IN ATTEMPT TO DUPLICATE DISCREPANCY, NO FAULTS NOTED. REMOVED RT MLG UPLOCK SWITCH. INSTALLED A NEW UPLOCK SWITCH. PERFORMED 5 MLG SWINGS VERIFID RIGGING OF RT UPLOCK SWITCH. OPS CHECKED GOOD. PERFORMED FULL HYD SYSTEM BLEED. SERVICED HYD SYS. NO DEFECTS NOTED & ALL CHECKED GOOD. WORK DONE IAW AMM 12-10-30 & AMM 32-32-25.

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