Service difficulty report · Wire · Bag JETSTM3101

Difficulty date
July 6, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N158PC
Make and model
Bag JETSTM3101
Aircraft serial
763
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

LYH - FLT 5065 - AFTER TAKEOFF NOSE GEAR INTRANSIT LIGHT WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH. UPON GEAR SELECTION DOWN INTRANSIT LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO LYH WERE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. MAINTENANCE WAS DISPATCHED TO LYH. A BROKEN WIRE WAS FOUND ON THE NOSE GEAR DOWNLOCK MICROSWITCH. THE WIRE WAS REPAIRED AND THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTION SYSTEM FUNTION TESTED. ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)