Service difficulty report · Selector · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
April 17, 2021
Submitted
April 19, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N422QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4150
Aircraft time
32,387 hours, 34,621 cycles
Part
Selector
Part number
860T509Y00
Part serial
211R
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Mlg
Part time
29,610 hours
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

AT 500' ON APPROACH, NO NOSE GEAR DOWN GREEN LIGHT. WENT MISSED APPROACH. RAN CHECKLIST. GEAR FUNCTIONED NORMAL ON SECOND APPROACH (LIGHTS TOO). LANDING UNEVENTFUL. EMERGENCY DECLARED AND CFR FOLLOWED AIRCRAFT TO GATE. BRAKES WERE SMOKING. REMOVED FROM SERVICE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM CAPTAIN, ON FIRST APPROACH, WHEN GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN, HE REMEMBERS SEEING ALL 3 GREEN LT'S ON THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL PANEL, ON FINAL CHECK AS THEY PASSED THRU 500', MARK NOTICED THE NLG GREEN LIGHT ON THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL PANEL WAS NOT LIT. AT THAT TIME THEY DID A LAMP TEST TO SEE IF THE NLG GREEN LIGHT LIT UP, AND IT DID NOT. MARK LIGHTLY PUSHED THE LAMP COVER, AND THEN TESTED THE LIGHT AND IT DID ILLUMINATE. THEY MADE THEIR APPROACH, SELECTED LANDING GEAR DOWN, GOT ALL 3 GREEN LIGHTS ON THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL PANEL, AND ALL THREE GREEN ALTERNATE EXTENSION LIGHTS WERE ALSO ILLUMINATED. (92101) REPLACED LANDING GEAR CONTROL PANEL IAW AMM 32-31-01-000-801/400-801 + MCN 6320826-01 ISSUE 2. FUNCTION TEST GOOD - NOSE GREEN LIGHTS NORMALLY. RETURNED TO SERVICE.