Service difficulty report · Wire · Beech C99

Difficulty date
November 22, 2024
Submitted
November 27, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N223BH
Make and model
Beech C99
Aircraft serial
U173
Aircraft time
31,862 hours, 42,954 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Zone 700
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT EXTEND NORMALLY WHEN SELECTED. THE PILOT ACTUATED THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR HANDLE AND WAS ABLE TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR FOR A SAFE LANDING. MAINTENANCE WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE AND REPLACED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT A WIRE BECAME DISCONNECTED AND CAUSED THE FAILURE IN FLIGHT. THE WIRE WAS REPAIRED, AND THE AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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