Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
November 29, 2018
Submitted
November 30, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N442QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4352
Aircraft time
17,695 hours, 18,771 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
860TS09Y00
Part serial
393
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Landing Gear
Part time
24,337 hours, 26,381 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
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

LANDING GEAR TOOK AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF TIME TO EXTEND ON APPROACH. UPON SELECTION OF GEAR DOWN THERE WERE NO ASSOCIATED SOUNDS OF A NORMAL GEAR EXTENSION. REMOVED FROM SERVICE. REPLACED LG CONTROL PANEL. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.