Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
May 25, 2018
Submitted
May 29, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N437QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4240
Aircraft time
20,748 hours, 22,173 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
35138507002
Part serial
4242
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Mlg
Part time
25,619 hours, 27,366 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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 GEAR RETRACTION ON DEPARTURE, LEFT GREEN GEAR DOWN INDICATION REMAINED ILLUMINATED. DID APPROPRIATE E AND A CHECKLIST.ALSO VISUALLY CONFIRMED THAT GEAR WAS RETRACTED. ALSO VERIFIED WITH ALTERNATE GEAR DOWN LIGHTS ON FLOOR THAT ALL GEAR WERE RETRACTED. AFTER SWITCHING CAUTION / ADVISORY LIGHT SWITCH FROM DIM TO BRIGHT THE LEFT GREEN GEAR DOWN LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. WITH CAUTION / ADVISORY LIGHT SWITCH IN DIM, LEFT GEAR INDICATES DOWN, WITH SWITCH ON BRIGHT ALL GEAR SHOWED RETRACTED. ALSO DID ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION CHECKLIST. REPLACED ADVISORY CONTROL UNIT. FOLLOWING REPLACEMENT OF ACU, THE LH DOWNLOCK SENSOR WAS "CHEATED" TO SIMULATE UNLOCKED CONDITION AND CORRECT INDICATION WAS PRESENT IN DIM AND BRIGHT MODES. CHEATER REMOVED AND ALL INDICATIONS RETURNED TO DOWN AND LOCKED. RETURNED TO SERVICE.