Service difficulty report · Unknown · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
May 20, 2023
Submitted
May 23, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N420FL
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK310
Aircraft time
11,987 hours, 9,723 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Unknown
Location
Unknown
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

ON MY 20TH THE FLIGHT CREW WAS ON APPROCH AND SELECTED GEAR HANDLE DOWN , GEAR EXTENDED WITH NO INDICATION OF BEING DOWN AND LOCKED , CYCLED GEAR AGAIN WITH NO INDICATION, AGAIN CREW COULD HERE GEAR EXTEND BUT STILL NO INDICATION . FOLLOWED QRH PROCEDURES AND STILL NO INDICATION OF DOWN AND LOCKED . CREW DID A TOWER FLYBY AND WAS TOLD GEAR WAS DOWN , SO ON FINAL THE PIC NOTICED THAT THE INSTRUMENT LIGHTS SWITCH WAS IN DIM , SELECTED BRIGHT AND ALL 3 LANDING GEAR LIGHTS CAME ON AS NORMAL, DURING DAY LIGHT IF DIMMER IS SELECTED IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE LIGHTS, NO MECHANICAL IS WAS PRESENT

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