What was found
RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED. FOUND DOWNLOCK SWITCH TO HAVE BROKEN WIRE AT THE POINT WHERE WIRES EXIT THE SWITCH. THIS WAS CAUSED BY REPEATED MOVEMENT OF THE WIRE DURING RETRACTION AND EXTENSION.
- Difficulty date
- August 23, 2012
- Submitted
- August 24, 2012
- Operation
- General aviation
- Filed by
- FQAR173S
Bird Acquisition LLC. - Aircraft
- N434PA
- Make and model
- Piper PA44180
- Aircraft serial
- 4496064
- Aircraft time
- 7,579 hours
- System (JASC)
- 3297 · Landing Gear System Wiring
- Part
- Wire
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Downlock Switch
- Part time
- 741 hours
- Component
- Downlock Switch · Eaton
- Component part number
- 89291003
- Stage of operation
- DE
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- N
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.