Service difficulty report · Uplock Switch · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
April 15, 2007
Submitted
January 7, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N334CJ
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
334
Aircraft time
29,160 hours, 33,608 cycles
Part
Uplock Switch
Condition
Dirty
Location
Mlg
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

DURING TAKEOFF GEAR INTRANSIT LIGHT WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH. CLEANED OFF LT AND RT MLG UPLOCK SWITCHES AND PERFORMED TEST OF UPLOCK SWITCH REFERENCING 32-61-15-02 PARAGRAPH E. PERFORMED FUNCTIONAL TEST OF EXTENSION AND RETRACTION SYSTEM REF 32-30-00, OPS CHECKED GOOD.

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