Service difficulty report · Sensor · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
July 23, 2013
Submitted
July 30, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N410QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4053
Aircraft time
28,496 hours, 29,599 cycles
Part
Sensor
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

RED NOSE GEAR LIGHT ILLUMINATED INERMITTENTLY DURING CLIMB ABOVE 200 KTS. SLIGHT VIBRATION FELT IN RUDDER PEDALS WEHN LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. AFTER SLOWING BELOW 200 KTS, RED LIGHT DID NOT REAPPEAR. EXECUTED AN ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION AT 175 KTS AND ALL INDICATIONS REMAINED NORMAL. RETURNED TO FIELD. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING OF NLG FOUND PRIMARY LOCK SENSOR TO BE INTERMITTENT, TO FAILED CONDITION IN PSEU, WHICH LOGGED A FAULT NGLK1 FAILED. REMOVED NGLK1 SENSOR ASSY REF TASK 32-61-06-400-802, REPLACED NGLK1 SENSOR ASSY REF TASK 32-61-06-400-802 PAR 1-3, PAR 4A (1-10 NA HARNESS COMES AS AN ASSY) CW REMAING PAR 4 (11) TO 5 OPERATIONAL TESTS NORMAL. RETURNED TO SERVICE.