Service difficulty report · Socket · Beech C99

Difficulty date
June 18, 2015
Submitted
June 23, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N51RP
Make and model
Beech C99
Aircraft serial
U212
Aircraft time
25,151 hours, 38,520 cycles
Part
Socket
Condition
Dirty
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

UPON GEAR EXTENSION ON FINAL APPROACH, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE NOSE GEAR & RT MAIN GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT PERFORMED A MISSED APPROACH TO TROUBLESHOOT THE LG INDICATION DISCREPANCY. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED WHEN THE POWER LEVERS WERE REDUCED & THE FLAPS WERE LOWERED INDICATING THE LG WAS DOWN & LOCKED. PERFORMED AN EMER EXTENSION OF THE LG, INDICATIONS REMAINED THE SAME. PERFORMED A FLY-BY OF THE CONTROL TOWER THE LG VISUALLY APPEARED DOWN & LOCKED. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE THE INDICATOR LIGHT BULBS, THE INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE STILL INOPERATIVE. THE ACFT WAS INSPECTED & FERRIED FOR REPAIRS. CLEANED THE SOCKET & REPLACED THE INDICATOR BULBS & RESET THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY IN THE INDICATOR SOCKET. THE LG DOWN & LOCKED LIGHTS OPERATIONAL CHECKED WAS SATISFACTORY.

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