Service difficulty report · Switch · Beech B200

Difficulty date
January 24, 2025
Submitted
January 28, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N351SA
Make and model
Beech B200
Aircraft serial
BB1423
Aircraft time
17,035 hours, 16,236 cycles
Part
Switch
Part number
1013646289
Part serial
12232584D
Condition
Failed
Location
Zone 700
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ONCE WERE ON VISUAL APPROACH IN ANCHORAGE, I SELECTED THE GEAR LEVER DOWN. THE PLANE'S NOSEWHEEL FAILED TO ILLUMINATE GREEN. AFTER VERIFYING THAT IT WASN'T A BULB BURNT OUT, WE PERFORMED A FLYBY, AND TOWER STATED THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. WE CYCLED THE GEAR TWICE MORE WITH SAME RESULTS. AFTER THIS, I MANUALLY PUMPED DOWN THE GEAR, AT WHICH TIME THE NOSEWHEEL LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY BLINKED, BUT FAILED TO STAY ON. AN EMERGENCY WAS DELCARED, AND WE LANDED ON RWY 15 WITHOUT INCIDENT. CONSIDERING THAT THE NOSEWHEEL WAS POTENTIALLY UNLOCKED, WE ELECTED TO STOP ON TAXIWAY MIKE AND REQUESTED A TOW TO THE HANGAR.

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