Service difficulty report · Connector · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
March 19, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N355BE
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
340B209
Part
Connector
Condition
Disconnected
Location
Rt Mlg
Stage of operation
AP
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

YUL - FLT 4404 - WHEN GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN FOR LANDING AT YUL, CREW RECEIVED NO GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION LIGHT FROM RIGHT MAIN GEAR. CREW PERFORMED A MISSED APPROACH AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GOING AROUND WHEN THE GROUND PROX WARNING SYSTEM ACTIVATED. CREW CIRCLED AIRPORT AND WAS ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. A/C LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX FOUND ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR IN RIGHT WHEEL WELL HAD DISCONNECTED. THE CONNECTOR WAS RECONNECTED AND RIGHT DOWN GREEN IND LIGHT ILLUMINATED. A/C WAS JACKED AND SYSTEM TESTED GOOD. GROUND PROX SYSTEM ALSO USES SAME CONNECTOR WHICH WAS WHY THE SYSTEM ACTIVATED DURING MISSED APPROACH. (M)

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