Service difficulty report · Control Lever · Emb EMB500

Difficulty date
August 3, 2017
Submitted
August 9, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N450JF
Make and model
Emb EMB500
Aircraft serial
50000184
Aircraft time
2,543 hours, 2,008 cycles
Part
Control Lever
Part number
8271015
Part serial
1204
Condition
Binding
Location
Mlg
Part time
2,543 hours, 2,008 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

WHILE ON APPROACH PILOT HAD A LANDING GEAR CONTROL LEVER DISAGREE. GEAR CONTROL LEVER GOES UP HALFWAY IN RETRACTION CYCLE, BUT DOWN ALL THE WAY IN EXTENSION CYCLE. LANDING GEAR CONTROL SELECTOR LEVER ASSEMBLY WAS REMOVED AND A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE LEVER ASSEMBLY REVEALED THAT A FACE PANEL SCREW THAT WAS INTERNALL TO THE ASSEMBLY HAD CAME OUT AND LODGED BEHIND THE CAM ASSEMBLY CAUSING THE HANDLE TO MALFUNCTION. INSTALLED REPAIRED LANDING GEAR CONTROL LEVER ASSEMBLY. OPERAITONAL CHECKED SATISFACTORY.

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