Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Agusta A109E

Difficulty date
June 2, 2017
Submitted
June 5, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N127AM
Make and model
Agusta A109E
Aircraft serial
11641
Aircraft time
2,212 hours, 6,961 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
AA
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER DEPARTURE, ON A TRAINING FLIGHT, RAISED THE GEAR AND GOT A RED GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION, ESTABLISHED A STEADY CRUISE AT 80KIAS AND CHECKED INDICATIONS AND HYDRAULIC SYSTEM PRESSURE. NORM UTILITY PRESSURE INDICATED RED AT 474 PSI NOT CHARGING. ALL OTHER HYDRAULIC PRESSURES WERE IN THE GREEN. AFTER CYCLING THE GEAR A FEW TIMES WITH NO CHANGE IN PRESSURES OR GEAR INDICATION, CONSULTED THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND EXECUTED THE EMERGENCY LOWER GEAR PROCEDURE. UPON ACTIVATION OF THE EMERGENCY DOWN SYSTEM I GOT A 3 GREEN INDICATIONS. HEADED BACK TO MHV AND HAD AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. NOTICED THAT THE AFTER BLOWING DOWN THE GEAR, THE UTILITY SYSTEM STARTED CHARGING AGAIN AND THE NORM UTILITY PRESSURE WAS IN THE GREEN AT 1350 PSI AT LANDING.

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