Service difficulty report · Selector Valve · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
February 15, 2011
Submitted
February 16, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N195WQ
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4195
Aircraft time
6,553 hours, 6,379 cycles
Part
Selector Valve
Part number
860TS09Y00
Part serial
409
Condition
Faulty
Location
Landing Gear
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PILOT LOGBOOK ENTRY "LANDING GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT ON TAKEOFF. ONLY THE RED UNSAFE LIGHTS REMAINED ON, INCLUDING HANDLE. THREE GREEN WORK FINE. TWO ATTEMPTS TO RETRACT. AIRCRAFT FERRIED FROM YUL TO ALB FOR MAINTENANCE. MAINTENANCE RETRIEVED CODES FROM PSEU AND SWUNG GEAR MANY TIMES AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THIS DISCREPANCY. A LANDING GEAR SELECTOR VALVE RESISTANCE CHECK WAS DONE AND FOUND TO BE SATISFACTORY. THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR (HANDLE ASSY) WAS REPLACED AND THE GEAR SWUNG TWENTY (20) TIMES WITH NO DISCREPANCIES. AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED TO SERVICE.