Service difficulty report · Valve · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
January 16, 2017
Submitted
January 22, 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
Zone 500
Part time
24,234 hours, 33,460 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
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 THAT ON APPROACH TO KLBB WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED “GEAR DOWN” THE PILOT DID NOT SEE THREE GREEN LIGHTS ON THE GEAR INDICATOR, THEN ALSO NOTICED THE GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD POPPED OUT. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKER, CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE AND RECEIVED THE SAME RESULTS. THE PILOT CONTACTED ATC AND ABORTED THE APPROACH. THE PILOT PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY EXTENSION OF THE LANDING GEAR AND RECEIVED A THREE GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION. THE PILOT LANDED AT KLBB WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO KDFW FOR REPAIRS. MAINTENANCE PLACED THE AIRCRAFT ON JACKS PERFORMED GEAR SWINGS AND DUPLICATED THE DISCREPANCY. FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND THE LANDING GEAR SERVICE VALVE, P/N 101-388008-3 WAS BY-PASSING FLUID CAUSING THE LANDING GEAR TO NOT EXTEND. THE LANDING GEAR SERVICE VALVE WAS REPLACED. THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL CHECKED NORMAL.

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