Service difficulty report · Unknown · Emb EMB120ER

Difficulty date
June 28, 2013
Submitted
July 1, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N652CT
Make and model
Emb EMB120ER
Aircraft serial
120289
Aircraft time
35,965 hours, 46,321 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW118
Propeller
Hamstd 14RF9
Part
Unknown
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Landing Gear
Stage of operation
CL
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

WHEN LANDING GEAR SELECTED UP AFTER TAKEOFF, ALL GEAR REMAINED DOWN AND LOCKED WITH CORRESPONDING DISAGREEMENT LIGHTS (BOTH GREEN & RED) ILLUMINATED ON THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR INDICATOR. CYCLED THE GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE THREE TIMES WITH THE SAME RESULTS. FOLLOWED PROCEDURES AND ACFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, NO EMERGENCY DECLARED. MX JACKED ACFT AND CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR NUMEROUS TIMES BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. ALL GEAR PROXIMITY SENSORS WERE CLEANED AND VERIFIED AS FUNCTIONALLY WORKING. ALL LANDING GEAR WIRING, CONNECTORS, RELAYS AND GEAR CONTROL MODULE WERE CHECKED, CLEANED AND FOUND OPERATING NORMAL. ACFT WAS TEST FLOWN AND THE GEAR CYCLED NUMEROUS TIMES WITH THE SYS OPERATING NORMAL. THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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