Service difficulty report · Selector Valve · Swrngn SA227AT

Difficulty date
February 22, 2018
Submitted
February 27, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N247DH
Make and model
Swrngn SA227AT
Aircraft serial
AT626B
Aircraft time
27,006 hours, 22,420 cycles
Part
Selector Valve
Part number
246006
Part serial
107
Condition
Weak
Location
Mlg
Part time
2,374 hours, 3,135 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

THE PILOT REPORTED ON FINAL, WHEN SELECTING THE LANDING GEAR TO THE DOWN POSITION THAT THE NOSE GEAR IN-TRANSIT LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT FOLLOWING PROCEDURES PERFORMED A MANUAL LANDING GEAR EXTENSION AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT IN SXM. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFTS LANDING GEAR AND HYDRAULIC SYSTEM AND DISCOVERED THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR VALVE TO BE WEAK CAUSING THE GEAR TO REMAIN IN TRANSIT FOR LONGER THAN NORMAL. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE SELECTOR VALVE WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT. THEN PERFORMED EXTENSION AND RETRACTION TEST. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CHECK FLOWN AND OPERATION OF THE LANDING GEAR AND INDICATION WAS NORMAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AND NO SUBSEQUENT ISSUES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.