Service difficulty report · Bypass Valve · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
February 28, 2011
Submitted
March 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N408QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4050
Aircraft time
23,874 hours, 24,771 cycles
Part
Bypass Valve
Condition
Out Of Rig
Location
Mlg
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

AFTER T/O, GEAR DID NOT COME UP. GEAR HANDLE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED ALONG WITH RED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHTS FOR MAIN GEAR AND NOSE GEAR. PERFORMED MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION TO GET GREEN LIGHTS. RETURNED TO FIELD AND ACCOMPLISHED A UNEVENTFUL LANDING. CHECKED PSEU AND FOUND FAULTS DIN01A AND DIN02A FAILED UNREASONABLE TRUE AND UNREASONABLE FALSE IN HISTORY FOR LEG OF DISCREPANCY. LANDING GEAR CONTROL PANEL FUNCTIONAL TEST GOOD IAW MM TASK 32-31-01-720-801. LANDING GEAR PROXIMITY SENSORS INDUCTANCE VALUE CHECK GOOD IAW MM TASK 32-61-00-280-801. PERFORMED RIGGING OF LANDING GEAR BYPASS VALVE CABLES AND BYPASS VALVE STROKE ADJUSTMENT IAW MM TASK 32-34-16-830-801. LANDING GEAR PRIMARY EXTENSION AND RETRACTION SYS OPS TEST GOOD SEVERAL TIMES IAW MM TASK 32-31-00-710-801. LANDING GEAR ALTERNATE EXTENSION SYS OPS TEST GOOD IAW MM TASK 32-34-00-710-801. ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL DURING TESTS. RETURNED TO SERVICE.