Service difficulty report · Motor · Beech C99

Difficulty date
October 15, 2013
Submitted
October 22, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N106SX
Make and model
Beech C99
Aircraft serial
U166
Aircraft time
25,570 hours, 37,065 cycles
Part
Motor
Condition
Failed
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ENROUTE, LANDING GEAR MOTOR RELAY CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. WAITED UNTIL REACHING DESTINATION TO RESET CIRCUIT BREAKER. PLACED HANDLE IN DOWN POSITION AND CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED AGAIN AS WELL AS "HYD FLUID WARNING" LIGHT ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED MOMENTARILY, COULD NOT HEAR LANDING GEAR MOTOR AND DID NOT HAVE THREE GREEN LIGHTS ON LANDING GEAR POSITION INDICATOR LIGHTS. VERIFIED GEAR NOT DOWN USING EMERGENCY METHODS WHICH CONFIRMED GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. DIVERTED. BEFORE ARRIVING, MANUALLY EXTENDED LANDING GEAR USING EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION METHOD, VERIFIED THREE GREEN LIGHTS ON GEAR POSITION INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. TROUBLESHOT, MAINTENACE CHANGED MOTOR AND POWER PACK, OPS CHECKED GOOD.

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