SDR N87SF

Service difficulty report · Switch · Cessna 550

Difficulty date
May 31, 2007
Submitted
November 20, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N87SF
Make and model
Cessna 550
Aircraft serial
5500096
Aircraft time
13,097 hours, 14,609 cycles
Part
Switch
Part number
602EN166B
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Actuator
Component
Actuator · Decoto
Component part number
274421
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

UPON APPROACH TO DESTINATION AIRPORT THE GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN. THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE LT GEAR DOWN & LOCKED ANNUNCIATOR WAS NOT ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT RECYCLED THE GEAR BUT THE LIGHT STILL WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. FOLLOWING PROCEDURES, THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM WAS ENGAGED AND A SAFE LANDING WAS MADE. AFTER TAXI TO THE RAMP, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE DOWN AND LOCKED ANNUNCIATOR HAD ILLUMINATED. A FERRY PERMIT WAS OBTAINED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO HOME BASE GEAR DOWN, WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. INVESTIGATION INTO THE PROBLEM REVEALED THAT THE LT GEAR DOWNLOCK SWITCH HAD FAILED. THE SWITCH WAS REPLACED, THE EMERGENCY GEAR SYSTEM WAS RESET, AND THE GEAR WAS CYCLED NUMEROUS TIMES WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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