Service difficulty report · Ground Wire · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
May 21, 2007
Submitted
January 7, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N277MJ
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
277
Aircraft time
32,253 hours, 35,745 cycles
Part
Ground Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Lt Mlg Downlock
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

LT MLG GEAR DOWN LOCK INDICATION ERRATIC. FOUND LT MLG DOWNLOCK GROUND WIRE BROKEN IN WHEEL WELL. REPAIRED BROKEN WIRE BY INSTALLING NEW TERMINAL IAW SAAB WM 20-20-10, FUNCTION TEST OF EXT AND RETRACTION GOOD IAW SAAB MM 32-30-00.

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