Service difficulty report · Downlock Switch · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
April 18, 2006
Submitted
April 20, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N319BH
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UB36
Aircraft time
23,472 hours, 32,714 cycles
Part
Downlock Switch
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Mlg Actuator
Component
Actuator · Airight
Component part number
1143800415
Stage of operation
AP
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

ON APPROACH WHEN LG SELECTED DOWN CREW DID NOT GET RT MLG SAFE (GREEN) INDICATION. MLG WAS IN FACT DOWN AND LOCKED. MX DETERMINED FAULTY DOWNLOCK SWITCH INCORPORATED INTO MLG ACTUATOR. THE MLG ACTUATOR WAS R&R AND GEAR SWINGS ACCOMPLISHED WITH SATISFATORY RESULTS.

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