Service difficulty report · Unknown · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
January 4, 2013
Submitted
January 9, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N45004
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft serial
318052163
Aircraft time
18,337 hours, 22,467 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Landing Gear
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT ON APPROACH TO KBUR AFTER SELECTING GEAR DOWN THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DID NOT ILLUMINATE AND THE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT PERFORMED A GO-AROUND TO TROUBLESHOOT THE LANDING GEAR INDICATION. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO HAND PUMP THE GEAR DOWN, INDICATION REMAINED THE SAME. THE PILOT FLEW BY THE TOWER, THE TOWER REPORTED THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. BUR MAINTENANCE PLACED THE AIRCRAFT ON JACKS SERVICED THE HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR WITH FLUID AND PERFORMED MULTIPLE GEAR RETRACTION/EXTENSIONS AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. CLEANED AND LUBRICATED THE DOWN LIMIT SWITCHES, LANDING GEAR OPS CHECKED OK.

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