Service difficulty report · Wire · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
November 30, 2012
Submitted
December 5, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N122GL
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UC122
Aircraft time
28,912 hours, 38,487 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
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

PILOT REPORTED DURING A MX CHECK FLIGHT THAT THE GEAR REMAINED DOWN WITH ALL THREE GREEN LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WHEN THE GEAR HANDLE WAS MOVED TO THE UP POSITION. ACFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE UNEVENTFULLY. MX TROUBLESHOT THE GEAR SYS AND THE FOLLOWING MX WAS PERFORMED. TROUBLESHOOT AND FOUND BROKEN WIRE ON LANDING GEAR SWITCH (RT SIDE). R & R RT SIDE LANDING GEAR SWITCH IAW 32-30-00 GEAR PROBLEM STILL NOT CORRECTED. TROUBLESHOOT PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD (TIME DELAY). R & R PCB PROBLEM STILL WAS NOT CORRECTED. TROUBLESHOOT ALL WIRING IN LANDING GEAR SYS AND FOUND BAD GROUND TO HYD POWER PACK ASSEMBLY -GROUND CABLE. CLEANED AND TIGHTENED POWER PACK GROUND CABLE AND PERFORMED NUMEROUS OPERATIONAL AND FUNCTIONAL CHECKS TO INCLUDE EMERGENCY EXTENSION/ MANUAL SYS CHECKS. ALL OPS AND FUNCTIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD. OPS CHECK FLIGHT COMPLETED AND NO FURTHER DEFECTS FOUND OR NOTED. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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