Service difficulty report · Bulb · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
February 12, 2010
Submitted
February 15, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N823BX
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
46064
Aircraft time
93,028 hours, 38,364 cycles
Part
Bulb
Condition
Burned Out
Location
Mlg Indicator
Part time
93,028 hours, 38,364 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

DURING APPROACH, NOSE GEAR LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE UPON GEAR EXTENSION. CREW CYCLED NOSE GEAR AND VISUALLY CHECKED THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED, THEY LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MX FOUND TOP LIGHT BULB BURNED OUT AND BOTTOM LIGHT WAS INTERMITTENT WHEN PUSHED ON GREEN LIGHT INDICATOR. THEY REPLACED BOTH BULBS. OPS CHECK GOOD IAW MM 32-60-0. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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