Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Dhav DHC8103

Difficulty date
May 2, 2013
Submitted
May 3, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N886EA
Make and model
Dhav DHC8103
Aircraft serial
215
Aircraft time
34,151 hours, 38,901 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
841005
Part serial
288
Condition
Defective
Location
Landing Gear
Part time
1,956 hours, 2,343 cycles
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

NOSE RED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ON AFTER GEAR EXTENSION. PERFORMED MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION PER CHECKLIST. NO CHANGE IN LIGHTS, DOOR LIGHTS DID NOT COME ON. AFTER A MOMENT THE GREEN LIGHT AND DOOR LIGHT STARTED TO CYCLE WITH THE RED LIGHTS THEN STAYED ON STEADY GREEN DOORS OPEN. THE THREE LIGHTS IN THE EXTENSION PANEL ALWAYS INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED. INSPECTED NOSE GEAR PROXIMITY SENSORS. REMOVED AND REPLACED PSEU CONTROL UNIT IAW DHC 8-MAINTENANCE MANUAL 32-61-50. SELF TEST CHECKS GOOD AND GEAR SWINGS OPS CHECKED GOOD.