Service difficulty report · Control Panel · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
March 22, 2013
Submitted
April 4, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N19RZ
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UC75
Aircraft time
20,508 hours, 27,902 cycles
Part
Control Panel
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
L, A

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED THAT ON FINAL APPROACH, GEAR DID NOT COME DOWN WHEN SELECTED, AND NO INDICATIONS OF MOVEMENT (UNSAFE LIGHTS). DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, MANUALLY EXTENDED GEAR AND PERFORMED A TOWER FLY BY TO CONFIRM GEAR WAS DOWN, AND THEN LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE GEAR POWER PACK CIRCUIT BREAKER IN THE LEFT ELECTRICAL PANEL WAS TRIPPED AND CONTAMINATED WITH DE-ICE FLUID MAINTENANCE CLEANED AND RESET THE BREAKER, CLEANED AND RE-SEALED THE ACCESS PANEL, AND CONDUCTED SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL GEAR SWINGS.

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