Service difficulty report · Wire · Dhav DHC8103

Difficulty date
November 11, 2011
Submitted
November 15, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N804EN
Make and model
Dhav DHC8103
Aircraft serial
227
Aircraft time
51,111 hours, 57,096 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Downlock Sensor
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER SELECTING GEAR DOWN NOSE GEAR RED IN TRANSIT LIGHT AND GEAR HANDLE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. ALTERNATE INDICATION SHOWS NOSE DOWN AND LOCKED. REPAIRED BROKEN WIRE ON NOSE GEAR DOWNLOCK SENSOR CONNECTOR PLUG AT NOSE GEAR DISCONNECT CONNECTOR PLUG. CYCLED GEAR OPS CHECKED GOOD. ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL.