Service difficulty report · Selector Valve · Bac 146200A

Difficulty date
June 17, 2019
Submitted
June 24, 2019
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
NI6R011N
Neptune Aviation Services Inc
Aircraft
N477NA
Make and model
Bac 146200A
Aircraft serial
E2103
Aircraft time
41,016 hours, 42,553 cycles
Part
Selector Valve
Part number
HTE94904
Part serial
9S7VB170
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

LANDING GEAR FAILED TO RESPOND WHEN SELECTED TO UP POSITION AFTER TAKEOFF, SELECTOR HANDLE WAS CYCLED DOWN, THEN UP AGAIN WITH NO CHANGE. AS CREW WAS RUNNING CHECKLIST, GREEN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM HI TEMP WARNING CAME ON. CREW FOLLOWED CHECKLISTS FOR GREEN SYSTEM HI TEMP AND LANDING GEAR FAILURE TO RESPOND. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED AIRCRAFT SAFELY. MAINTENANCE WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE ON THE GROUND, CONSULTED WITH MANUFACTURER AND CHANGED LANDING GEAR SELECTOR VALVE- BELIEVE VALVE ONLY PARTIALLY MOVED IN FLIGHT, CAUSING GEAR TO NOT MOVE AND THE HYDRAULIC FLUID BYPASSING THRU VALVE TO OVERHEAT THE HYDRAULIC FLUID. AFTER CHANGING SELECTOR VALVE, NO FURTHER FAULTS HAVE BEEN NOTED.