Service difficulty report · Wire · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
October 1, 2014
Submitted
October 3, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N62858
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft serial
317652115
Aircraft time
24,582 hours, 20,599 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Shorted
Location
Lt Mlg
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

DURING APPROACH PILOT SELECTED LG DOWN, PILOT RECEIVED THREE GREEN LIGHTS & PROCEEDED WITH LANDING. ON SHORT APPROACH PILOT NOTICED NOSE & RT MLG INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMINATED, PILOT ABORTED LANDING. PERFORMED GO AROUND & NOTIFIED TOWER OF SITUATION. DURING GO AROUND PILOT NOTICED LG INDICATOR CB HAD POPPED, PILOT TRIED TO RESET CB, HOWEVER CB WOULD NOT REMAIN CLOSED. PILOT PERFORMED A PRECAUTIONARY MANUAL EXTENSION OF LG TO ENSURE LG WAS DOWN & LOCKED. PILOT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTED THE LG WIRING & FOUND WIRES 2 - 18 & 5 - 18 SHORTED ON LT DOWNLOCK SWITCH. REPAIRED SHORTED WIRES IAW AC43.13-1B & PERFORMED A LG FUNCTIONAL CHECK IAW PA-31-350 MM 6 - 9, OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD. OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT PERFORMED, GEAR CYCLED THREE TIMES SYS CHECKS WERE NORMAL. NO OTHER DEFECTS NOTED.

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