Service difficulty report · Wire · Beech C99

Difficulty date
October 3, 2017
Submitted
October 12, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N223BH
Make and model
Beech C99
Aircraft serial
U173
Aircraft time
29,149 hours, 39,494 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Loose
Location
Te Flap
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

THE PILOT REPORTED, DURING APPROACH, SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND RECEIVED A THREE GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION, WHEN SELECTED THE FLAPS TO FULL THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE ILLUMINATED, INDICATING A GEAR IN TRANSIT CONDITION. FOLLOWED PROC6EDURES TO PERFORM A MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PLACED THE AIRCRAFT ON JACKS AND INSPECTED THE DOWN LOCK SWITCHES WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. PERFORMED GEAR SWINGS AND EMERGENCY EXTENSIONS AND OPERATION OF THE LANDING GEAR WAS NORMAL. INSPECTED THE FLAP SYSTEM AND FOUND A LOOSE SOLDER JOINT IN THE FLAP SELECTOR POTENTIOMETER CONTROL. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED THE WIRING AND ALL SYSTEMS, LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS WORKED IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH OTHER AS NORMAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AND NO SUBSEQUENT ISSUES HAVE REPORTED.

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