Service difficulty report · Wire · Beech C99

Difficulty date
May 22, 2017
Submitted
May 25, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N991AF
Make and model
Beech C99
Aircraft serial
U214
Aircraft time
31,498 hours, 44,128 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Mlg Indicator
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING APPROACH, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE THREE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LOCK INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMINATED WITH THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE PILOT PERFORMED A MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION TO VERIFY GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. DURING POST FLIGHT, THE PILOT PLACED THE ANNUNCIATOR DIMMER ON BRIGHT AND THE THREE DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. MAINTENANCE FOUND A BROKEN WIRE AT THE LANDING GEAR ANNUNCIATOR DIMMER SWITCH WIRE AND A BROKEN WIRE AT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE SWITCH. THE WIRES WERE REPAIRED. LANDING GEAR OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE PERFORMED AND FOUND SATISFACTORY.

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