Service difficulty report · Valve · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
January 16, 2018
Submitted
January 24, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N112YV
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UC112
Aircraft time
24,234 hours, 33,460 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
1013880083
Part serial
1568
Condition
Bypassing
Location
Mlg
Part time
24,234 hours, 33,460 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

THE PILOT REPORTED ON APPROACH, WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN, DID NOT RECEIVE A THREE GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED GEAR INDICATION AND THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. THE PILOT RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKER, CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR AND RECEIVED THE SAME RESULTS. CONTACTED ATC AND ABORTED THE APPROACH. THE PILOT PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY EXTENSION OF THE LANDING GEAR AND RECEIVED A THREE GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATIONS. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PLACED THE AIRCRAFT ON JACKS, PERFORMED GEAR SWINGS AND DUPLICATED THE DISCREPANCY. FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND THE LANDING GEAR SERVICE VALVE WAS BYPASSING FLUID CAUSING THE LANDING GEAR TO NOT EXTEND. SERVICE VALVE WAS REPLACED. THE SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL CHECKED NORMAL.

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