SDR N87SFGEAR

Service difficulty report · Printed Ckt Board · Cessna 550

Difficulty date
May 15, 2008
Submitted
May 21, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N87SF
Make and model
Cessna 550
Aircraft serial
5500402
Aircraft time
7,139 hours, 9,151 cycles
Part
Printed Ckt Board
Part number
65080755
Condition
Faulty
Location
Cockpit
Part time
7,139 hours, 9,151 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF CREW WENT TO SELECT GEAR UP & NOTICED THAT THE GEAR DOWNLOCK LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE. CREW CYCLED GEAR WITH NO AFFECT AND NOTED THE GEAR UNLOCK LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND EXTINGUISHED AS THOUGH A NORMAL CYCLE HAD BEEN COMPLETED. GEAR ALSO FELT NORMAL DURING THE RETRACT/EXTEND CYCLE. CREW PERFORMED A LIGHT TEST AND LIGHTS STILL WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. AFTER A FLY BY CONFIRMING GEAR APPEARED TO BE FULLY DOWN, AND A REVIEW OF THE GEAR SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ONLY AN INDICATION FAULT WAS OCCURRING AND A SAFE LANDING COULD BE MADE. THE EMERGENCY GEAR SYSTEM WAS ACTUATED AND A SAFE LANDING WAS MADE AT DEPARTURE AIRPORT. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED A FAULT IN THE LIGHT DIMMING CIRCUITRY (COMMON TO ALL THREE LIGHTS) AND A FAULTY SOLDER JOINT WAS FOUND AND REPAIRED ON THE CONTROL PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD (PCB101). EMERGENCY SYSTEM WAS RESET AND SEVERAL NORMAL GEAR CYCLES MADE. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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