Service difficulty report · Selector Panel · Dhav DHC8202

Difficulty date
January 14, 2012
Submitted
January 17, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N358PH
Make and model
Dhav DHC8202
Aircraft serial
506
Aircraft time
29,555 hours, 41,673 cycles
Part
Selector Panel
Part number
5352011
Part serial
678
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

DURING APPROACH, AFTER SELECTION TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR, NO INDICATION LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. NO "AMBER" DOORS OPEN, NO "RED" GEAR TRANSITION AND NO "GREEN" DOWN AND LOCKED. THE GEAR WAS DOWN. CAPTAIN SELECTED GEAR UP, ABORTED APPROACH FOR A GO-AROUND, GEAR WAS RETRACTED, NO INDICATIONS. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, STARTED 2ND APPROACH AND LANDED SAFELY. GROUND MX R & R LANDING GEAR SELECTOR PANEL. A FUNCTIONAL CHECK WAS PERFORMED SATISFACTORY. ACFT RELEASED FOR AN OPS CHECK FLIGHT. CHECK FLIGHT WAS SATISFACTORY. ACFT WAS RELEASED TO FLIGHT STATUS.