Service difficulty report · Control Valve · Lear 31A

Difficulty date
December 6, 2005
Submitted
December 16, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N39TW
Make and model
Lear 31A
Aircraft serial
047
Engine
Garrtt TFE731*
Part
Control Valve
Part number
6600361
Part serial
317
Condition
Leaking
Location
Mlg Door
Part time
4,420 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

NOSE GEAR RED UNSAFE LIGHT DID NOT EXTINGUISH ON TAKEOFF, FOLLOWED BY BOTH MAIN GEAR UNSAFE LIGHTS (RED) ILLUMINATING. GEAR WAS EXTENDED AND ALL T3 GEAR INDICATED LOCKED WITH NO UNSAFE CONDITION. AIRCRAFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. INSPECTED LANDING GEAR SYS AND TROOUBLESHOT PROBLEM TO THE LANDING GEAR DOOR CONTROL VALVE. FOUND VALVE TO BE LEAKING INTERNALLY INTO THE EMERGENCY AIR SYS SIDE. PURGED FLUID FROM EMERGENCY CIRCUIT. REPLACED LANDING GEAR DOOR CONTROL VALVE. CYCLED GEAR 15 TIMES WITH SATISFACTORY RESULTS. SERVICED HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. (K)

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