Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Swrngn SA227AT

Difficulty date
March 24, 2017
Submitted
March 28, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N566UP
Make and model
Swrngn SA227AT
Aircraft serial
AT556
Aircraft time
24,910 hours, 20,682 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Dirty
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON APPROACH TO KBGM, SELECTED GEAR TO THE DOWN POSITION, THE NLG WAS NOT INDICATING DOWN AND LOCKED. CYCLED THE GEAR WITH THE SAME RESULTS. PERFORMED A FLYBY OF THE CONTROL TOWER AND THEY CONFIRMED THE NLG WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED. PERFORMED A MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION AND RECEIVED ALL THREE GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION, PERFORMED ANOTHER FLY BY AND ATC CONFIRMED ALL THREE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE IN THE DOWN POSITION. LANDED AT KBGM WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO KBUF FOR GEAR SWINGS ON JACKS. MX INSPECTED, CLEANED AND LUBRICATED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY. PERFORMED 12 GEAR SWINGS WITHOUT DEFECT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR SERVICE. NO GEAR ISSUES REPORTED ON SUBSEQUENT FLIGHTS.