Service difficulty report · Selector Valve · Dhav DHC8201

Difficulty date
April 10, 2004
Submitted
April 15, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N985HA
Make and model
Dhav DHC8201
Aircraft serial
479
Aircraft time
12,164 hours, 13,294 cycles
Part
Selector Valve
Part number
574205A
Part serial
221
Condition
Weak
Location
Mlg
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

LANDING GEAR WILL NOT RETRACT AFTER T/O, RETURN TO FIELD, GEAR WAS CONFIRMED DOWN, INSPECTED GEAR, L/G INHIBIT SWITCH AND L/G ALTERNATE DOORS, ALL INSP NORMAL, R&R PSEU SAME BITE CODES INDICATED BITE CODE 40 28 VDC POWER CHECKED ALL POWER INTO PSEU AND GROUNDS, NO DEFECT NOTED. C/W OPS CHECK OF LANDING GEAR SELECTOR PANEL PER MM32-31-05 OPS CHECK GOOD L/G SELECTOR VALVE SOLENOID WAS VERY WEAK. R&R LANDING GEAR SELECTOR VALVE.