Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
September 1, 2009
Submitted
September 1, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N178YV
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Aircraft serial
UE178
Aircraft time
28,650 hours, 38,114 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PILOTS REPORTED THEY HEARD LOUD MOTOR NOISE ON AND OFF. CONSISTENTLY WITH THE MOTOR NOISE THEY NOTICED THE DC LOAD WOULD GAIN 10-20 PERCENT. AFTER SEVERAL MIN OF THE THIS THEY NOTICED THE GEAR HANDLE IN TRANSIT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IT EXTINGUISHED SHORTLY AFTER. THE GEAR HANDLE ILLUMINATED AGAIN AND THEY NOTICED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. THEY PUMPED THE GEAR DOWN AND GOT (3) GREEN INDICATION LIGHTS AND THE GEAR HANDLE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED.

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