Service difficulty report · Uplock Switch · Amd FALCON20

Difficulty date
September 6, 2011
Submitted
September 8, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N314TW
Make and model
Amd FALCON20
Aircraft serial
314
Aircraft time
17,860 hours, 14,114 cycles
Part
Uplock Switch
Condition
Failed
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

ON APPROACH, GEAR WOULD NOT COME DOWN WITH GEAR HANDLE. PERFORMED PROCEDURE "A". GEAR INDICATION DOWN GREEN. ACFT DIVERTED, LANDING UNEVENTFUL. MX DISCOVERED RT UP-LOCK SWITCH FAILED. R & R RT UP-LOCK. PERFORMED GEAR SWING. OPS NORMAL. NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED.