Service difficulty report · Circuit Card · Boeing 747212B

Difficulty date
November 16, 2009
Submitted
November 17, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N486EV
Make and model
Boeing 747212B
Aircraft serial
20888
Aircraft time
94,455 hours, 22,120 cycles
Part
Circuit Card
Condition
Defective
Location
Landing Gear
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

UPON GEAR EXTENSION ALL PRIMARY SENSORS FOR ALL GEAR INOPERATIVE, ALL ALTERNATE SENSORS OK. WITH THIS THERE WAS NO RED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT INDICATION TO INDICATE PRIMARY SENSOR FAILURES AND ALTERNATE SENSORS INDICATION DOWN AND LOCKED WHEN GOING BEYOND FLAPS 20 DEGREE RED GEAR UNSAFE ILLUMINATED AND WARNING HORN COULD NOT BE SILENCED. ALSO WITH GEAR RETRACTED, NOSE DOWN PRIMARY SENSOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED PRIOR TO LANDING. TROUBLESHOT FOUND PRIM A1 & A2 TEST POINT TO GROUND 1.2 VDC SHOULD BE 7.2 V, PER B747 MM 32-61-00. REPLACED A1 & A2 PRIM CARDS PER SAME CPS CHECK GOOD PER 32-61-00. INSTALLED ALL GEAR PINS FOR MX. REMOVED GEAR PINS PER B747 MM 09-11-00.

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