Service difficulty report · Light · Frchld SA227CC

Difficulty date
December 17, 2021
Submitted
December 22, 2021
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N243DH
Make and model
Frchld SA227CC
Aircraft serial
AT609B
Aircraft time
26,273 hours, 22,549 cycles
Part
Light
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHEN THEY LOWERED THE GEAR HANDLE ONLY THE 2 MAIN GEAR GREEN LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE NOSE GEAR GREEN LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE, AS WELL AS NO RED IN TRANSIT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. MAINTENANCE COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE NOSE GEAR DISCREPANCY ON JACKS AS THE LANDING GEAR CYCLED NORMALLY ON MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS. MAINTENANCE THEN REPLACED THE NOSE GEAR DOWN HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR, PERFORMING SEVERAL GEAR SWINGS WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON JACKS AND AGAIN THE LANDING GEAR CYCLED NORMALLY. AN OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT (OCF) WAS PERFORMED ON 12/20/2021 FOR LANDING GEAR OPERATION WITH THE OCF UNSUCCESSFUL. THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT, THE LANDING GEAR CYCLED NORMALLY ON THE NEXT 5 ATTEMPTS. BQN MX CONTINUES TO TROUBLESHOOT THE SYSTEM, FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT IS REPAIRED.