Service difficulty report · Downlock Switch · Beech C99

Difficulty date
December 5, 2013
Submitted
December 9, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N230BH
Make and model
Beech C99
Aircraft serial
U233
Aircraft time
18,496 hours, 27,257 cycles
Part
Downlock Switch
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nlg
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

ON INITIAL APPROACH TO GRI, NOSE GEAR POSITION INDICATOR LIGHT FAILED TO ILLUMINATE WHEN LG HANDLE WAS SELECTED IN THE DOWN POSITION. PILOT PERFORMED A MANUAL EXTENSION OF THE LG IAW ABNORMAL PROCEDURE LISTED IN AIRCRAFT FLIGHT MANUAL. PILOT PERFORMED A FLY BY THE TOWER TO VERIFY GEAR WAS IN THE DOWN & LOCK POSITION, AFTER TOWER CONCURRENCE, AS A PRECAUTION PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY & LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MX TROUBLESHOOT REVEALED FAULTY NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK SWITCH, NOTED SWITCH WAS R & R WITH NEW PART, MX PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECKS OF SWITCH, ALL CHECKED WERE NORMAL.

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