Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Cndair CL6002B16

Difficulty date
April 10, 2023
Submitted
May 11, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N243JP
Make and model
Cndair CL6002B16
Aircraft serial
5101
Aircraft time
9,677 hours, 5,946 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
600509699
Part serial
287
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Equipment Shelf
Part time
1,593 cycles
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

ON LANDING IN ALBANY NY (KALB), THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND NORMALLY. EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURES WERE USED SUCCESSFULLY AND A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE. THE AIRPLANE WAS FLOWN GEAR DOWN TO OXFORD CT (KOXC) WHERE FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING AND REPAIR COULD BE DONE. (NOTE: THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM). THE NOSE GEAR SELECTOR VALVE WAS REPLACED AS A PRECAUTION. THE LANDING GEAR WAS CYCLED THROUGH 10 CYCLES AND 6 EMERGENCY EXTENSION CYCLES WITH NO DEFECTS. THE AIRPLANE WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. ON 4/19/23 THE AIRPLANE WAS ENROUTE TO POMPANO BEACH, FL (KPMP) AND IT DIVERTED, FOR AN UNRELATED REASON, TO SUFFOLK, NY (KFOK), WHERE THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT NORMALLY EXTEND. EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURES WERE USED AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE, SUBSEQUENT EXTENSIVE TROUBLESHOOTING WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND AN INTERMITTENT LANDING GEAR CONTROL UNIT WAS REPLACED. TO DATE, OPERATION OF THE LANDING GEAR IS NORMAL.