Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Gulstm G1159

Difficulty date
December 21, 2000
Submitted
January 23, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N666JT
Make and model
Gulstm G1159
Aircraft serial
162
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Obstructed
Location
Right
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W, C, J
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

LANDING GEAR RETRACT NORMALLY, UPON EXTENSION, RT HAND GEAR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED. EMERGENCY BLOWDOWN WAS USED AND WAS SUCCESSFUL. TOWER FLYBY INDICATED GEAR STILL UP, YAWED AC AND PULLED 2GS, AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPS, RT HAND GEAR EXTENDED. FLT HAD NO PASSENGERS. OBSTRUCTION CAUSE BY FOREIGN OBJECT LEFT IN RT HAND WHEEL WELL AREA. MAINTENANCE REPLACED RT HAND GEAR TIMER VALVE. ACCELEROMETER AND BRACKET, 3 HYD LINES TO TIMER VALVE, FWD GYRO SUPT ATTACH ANGLE TO TORQUE BOX , REPAIRED DAMAGE TO AFT RT HAND DOOR FITTING. AC FUNCTIONALLY AND OPERATIONALLY CHECKED WITHIN MFG REQ.