What was found
RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED. FOUND DOWN LOCK 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
- February 19, 2013
- Submitted
- February 22, 2013
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N434PA
- Make and model
- Piper PA44180
- Aircraft serial
- 4496064
- Aircraft time
- 7,840 hours
- System (JASC)
- 3297 · Landing Gear System Wiring
- Part
- Wire
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Downlock Switch
- Part time
- 262 hours
- Component
- Downlock Switch · Eaton
- Component part number
- 89291003
- Stage of operation
- DE
- 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.