Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
September 16, 2009
Submitted
September 18, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N419TM
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK495
Aircraft time
1,873 hours, 1,470 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
False Indication
Location
Right
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON APPROACH, FLT CREW NOTED RT MLG WOULD NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED CONDITION FOLLOWING MLG EXTENSION. FLT CREW PERFORMED MLG EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURES AND ABLE TO OBTAIN RT MLG FULL EXTENSION AND LOCKING INDICATION. RESTORED SYSTEM TO NORMAL PER MM 32-30-00. VISUAL CHECKS AND REPEATED FUNCTIONAL CHECKS OF MLG EXTENSION SYSTEM PER MM 32-00-00. IAW MM 32-30-00 TROUBLESHOOTING CHECKS NORMAL, NO FAULTS NOTED. CHECKED MLG AND DOORS RIGGING, POSITION/WARNING SWITCHES RIGGING, FOUND OK, RIGGING WITHIN SERVICE LIMITS. LUBRICATED MLG AND SERVICED EMERGENCY DOOR CLOSE RESERVOIR AND HYDRAULIC SYSTEM RESERVOIR PER MM 12-10-00. MLG RETRACT/EXTENSION SYSTEM CHECKS PER MM 32-30-00 NORMAL, NO FAULTS NOTED. UNABLE TO DETERMINE FAULT INDICATION, POSSIBLE CAUSE STIFF RT MLG OPERATION FROM LACK OF LUBRICATION OR STICKING DOWNLOCK SWITCH AGGRAVATED BY COLD TEMERATURES DURING 2.5 HR. FLIGHT AT FL300-FL400 ALTITUDES.

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