SDR SABA00045

Service difficulty report · Bulb · Bag JETSTM3201

Difficulty date
December 28, 2000
Submitted
January 3, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N962A
Make and model
Bag JETSTM3201
Aircraft serial
962
Aircraft time
13,137 hours, 19,265 cycles
Part
Bulb
Condition
Failed
Location
Mlg Indicator
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT 962 ON FLIGHT 5048 FROM HKY TO CLT. WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED FOR LANDING AT CLT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION DID NOT ILLUMINATE. AIRCRAFT ABORTED THE APPROACH AND DID A FLY-BY OF THE TOWER. THE TOWER SAID THAT THE GEAR LOOKED DOWN AND LOCKED. AN INFLIGHT EMERGENCY WAS NOT DECLARED BY THE CREW, BUT AIRPORT EMERGENCY VEHICLES WERE DISPATCHED. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND TAXIED TO THE GATE WITH NO OTHER PROBLEMS. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NOSE GEAR DOWN-LOCK INDICATION BULBS BURNED OUT. BULBS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. OPS CHECK WAS GOOD.