Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Amd FALCON7X

Difficulty date
June 21, 2023
Submitted
June 27, 2023
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N988NW
Make and model
Amd FALCON7X
Aircraft serial
174
Aircraft time
2,976 hours, 1,299 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
2700001HWSP3SWSP
Part serial
12351
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nlg Steering
Part time
78 hours, 32 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, G
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT N988NW FALCON 7X S/N 174 DEPARTED SLC RUNWAY 35. ALL NORMAL FROM POWER UP, ACCELERATION, LIFT-OFF. AT GEAR RETRACTION, WE GOT AN CAS MESSAGE “GEAR: RETRACT FAIL” FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY “GEAR: DOOR NOT CLOSED” AND “BRAKE: BOTH SYSTEMS FAIL”. THEY COULD ALSO HEAR AND FEEL THAT THE GEAR DOORS WERE OPEN AND GEAR DOWN AT LEAST TO SOME EXTENT. AIRCREW FOCUSED ON FAULTS AND SOLVING THEM WITH THE AVAILABLE PROCEDURES. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SALT LAKE CITY AN AIRCRAFT LANDED NORMALLY. AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED INTO THE MAINTENANCE HANGAR FOR TROUBLESHOOTING. DURING THE TROUBLESHOOTING PROCESS THEY FOUND THAT THE LANDING GEAR AND STEERING CONTROL UNIT TO BE AT FAULT. THE UNIT HAD BEEN CHANGED ON 2/17/2023 AT ACTT: 2898.7 LANDINGS 1267. THE UNIT WAS AN INSPECTED / TESTED UNIT. THE UNIT HAD THE SAME FAULTS THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD EXPERIENCED. THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT INSTALLED A MODIFIED UNIT AND PERFORMED ALL FUNCTIONAL AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WITH SATISFACTORY RESULTS.