Service difficulty report · Wire · Beech C99

Difficulty date
December 23, 2022
Submitted
December 27, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N7209W
Make and model
Beech C99
Aircraft serial
U224
Aircraft time
31,714 hours, 42,793 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Shorted
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT DURING APPROACH TO KGEG THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND WITH THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION. TOWER VERIFIED THAT GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. THE GEAR RELAY CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED AND AFTER PUSHING IT IN IT WOULD NOT STAY IN. PILOT PERFORMED MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION. PILOT DID DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. LANDED AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT SYSTEM TO A SHORT ON WIRE G11B22, LOCATED UNDER THE FLOOR. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED SHORT IN WIRE AND PERFORMED SIX FULL GEAR CYCLES AND ALL THE CYCLES CHECKED GOOD. NO PART CHANGES WERE REQUIRED FOR THIS ISSUE.

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