Service difficulty report · Contact · Doug DC872F

Difficulty date
December 29, 2009
Submitted
December 30, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N721CX
Make and model
Doug DC872F
Aircraft serial
46013
Aircraft time
87,754 hours, 22,118 cycles
Part
Contact
Condition
Dirty
Location
Downlock Switch
Part time
87,754 hours, 22,118 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

DURING APPROACH FOR LANDING WITH GEAR LOWERED RT MAIN GEAR LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. CREW CYCLED GEAR SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE GETTING A GEAR DOWN INDICATION, THEY LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MX INSPECTED THE RT MLG AND FOUND EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DIRT AND LUBE ON DOWN LOCK SWITCH CONTACT AREA. THEY CLEANED OFF CONTACT AREA. OPS CHECK GOOD IAW MM 32-60-0. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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