Service difficulty report · Light · Lear 35A

Difficulty date
March 7, 2019
Submitted
March 12, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N10AH
Make and model
Lear 35A
Aircraft serial
35657
Aircraft time
16,712 hours, 11,488 cycles
Engine
Hnywl TFE73120
Part
Light
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FAR 135.415 REPORT. PILOT REPORTS "AFTER T/O COPILOT REACHED FOR GEAR HANDLE AND AFTER RETRACTION HE NOTICED THAT PRIOR TO GEAR RETRACTION, THE NOSE GEAR DOWN & LOCK LIGHT WASN'T ON.RETRACTION WAS NORMAL BUT BECAUSE THE LACK OF NOSE GEAR D&L INDIC., WE DECIDED TO TEST THE GEAR LIGHTS. THE NOSE GEAR LIGHT WASN'T TESTING, WE DID ABNORMAL CHECKLIST AND A FLY BY TOWER THEY IDENTIFIED THE NOSE AS BEING DOWN. NOT RED LIGHT UNSAFEWWAS PRESENT. ENGINE SYNC INDICATED THAT GEAR WAS DOWN & LOCK. WE DECLARED AND EMERGENCY. DID ALL CHECKLIST & PROCEDURES. BRIEFED THE CREW , WE LANDED WITH OUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED MULTIPLE GEAR SWINGS, ONLY DISCREPANCY NOTED WAS NOSE GEAR INDICATION. REPLACED NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED LAMP. PERFORMED MULTIPLE GEAR SWINGS AND AN OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT WITH SATISFACTORY RESULTS.

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