Service difficulty report · Light · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
September 25, 2015
Submitted
October 1, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N932EA
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK32
Aircraft time
9,980 hours, 8,562 cycles
Engine
Pwc JT15D5D
Engine time
10,061 hours, 8,629 cycles
Part
Light
Part number
MS25237327
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Cockpit
Part time
1 hours, 1 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING APPROACH, FOR SCHEDULE FUEL STOP THE NLG DOWN & LOCKED INDICATING LAMP FAILED TO PROVIDE A POSITIVE INDICATION. PILOTS FOLLOWED THE CHECKLIST BY CYCLING THE GEAR UP THEN DOWN AGAIN WITHOUT GETTING A POSITIVE INDICATION FOR DOWN & LOCKED. PILOTS THEN FOLLOWED CHECKLIST FOR EMER GEAR DOWN EXTENSION & LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT, NO DAMAGE TO ACFT. TROUBLESHOOTING PROVED THAT THE INDICATING LAMP BURNED OUT & THAT THE NOSE GEAR HAD IN FACT BEEN DOWN & LOCKED.

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