Service difficulty report · Light · Boeing 7572T7

Difficulty date
October 7, 2011
Submitted
October 10, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N937FD
Make and model
Boeing 7572T7
Aircraft serial
23895
Aircraft time
64,859 hours, 27,419 cycles
Part
Light
Part number
4346741033220
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Nlg Indicator
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
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, NOSE GEAR DOWN LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE AFTER LOWERING LANDING GEAR. NOSE GEAR LIGHT WOULD NOT TEST, REPLACED LIGHT BULBS STILL NO TEST. PERFORMED GEAR DISAGREE CHECKLIST IN QRH. NOSE GEAR LIGHT STILL INOP. HAD TOWER VISUALLY CHECK NOSE GEAR DOWN. DECLARED EMERGENCY LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. RESEATED NOSE GEAR LIGHT CAPSULE, NOSE GEAR INDICATION WORKS NORMAL. FOUND THAT BY TOUCHING THE LIGHT CAPSULE THE NOSE GEAR LIGHT WOULD GO OFF THEN COME BACK ON. NOSE GEAR LIGHT SWITCH IS INTERMITTENT. PERFORMED MLG POSITION INDICATING AND WARNING SYS ADJUSTMENT TEST IAW MM 32-61-00-5, PASSED.

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