Service difficulty report · Sequence Valve · Dhav DHC8202

Difficulty date
May 6, 2011
Submitted
May 10, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N367PH
Make and model
Dhav DHC8202
Aircraft serial
511
Aircraft time
26,562 hours, 37,320 cycles
Part
Sequence Valve
Part number
54C546349
Part serial
0906
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Mlg
Part time
26,556 hours, 37,326 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

DURING APPROACH AND UPON SELECTING "GEAR DOWN", THE NLG SHOWED ONLY "RED" (UNSAFE) LIGHT. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. ALTERNATE EXTENSION METHOD WAS ACCOMPLISHED SATISFACTORY. GROUND MX CREW R & R THE NLG SEQUENCE VALVE. LANDING GEAR EXTENSION AND RETRACTION SYS CHECKED SATISFACTORY, ACFT RETURNED TO FLIGHT STATUS.