What was found
LANDING GEAR HANDLE DOWNLOCK DID NOT RELEASE ON TAKEOFF. RELEASED AFTER APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES OF LEVEL FLIGHT. CORRECTED BY REPLACEMENT OF SAFETY SWITCH ASSEMBLY.
- Difficulty date
- February 6, 2017
- Submitted
- February 9, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N73
- Make and model
- Beech 300BEECH
- Aircraft serial
- FF8
- Aircraft time
- 14,491 hours, 7,850 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3260 · Landing Gear Position and Warning
- Part
- Downlock Switch
- Part number
- 1013841377
- Part serial
- 1128
- Condition
- Stuck
- Location
- Zone 700
- Part time
- 96 hours, 50 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CL
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.