Service difficulty report · Retract Mech · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
February 18, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N588MA
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
340B169
Part
Retract Mech
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Landing Gear
Stage of operation
AP
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

ON FINAL APPROACH, GOT A HYD CAP LIGHT. THE EMERG GEAR ACCUM WAS ZERO, THE MAIN WAS NORM. QTY WAS IN GREEN. SLOWED TO 200 KTS AND PUT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN. THERE WAS NO MOVEMENT OF THE GEAR, NO INTRANSIT LIGHT IN GEAR HANDLE. NO GREEN GEAR IND LIGHTS, BY THIS TIME MAIN ACCUMULATOR PRESS WENT TO 0. INITIATED SUCCESSFUL EMERG GEAR EXTENSION. AFTER THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED ALL HYD IND WERE NORM AFTER TOUCHDOWN. ALL BRAKING AND STEERING NORMAL, LANDED WITH FLAPS 20 DEGREES, THEY ALSO WORKED NORM. PERFORMED A COMPLETE HYD AND L/G CHECK. CHK'D PRESS SWITCH 9ML, C/B 1ML AND 5ML RELAG 7ML AND OPS CHK'D OF HYD PUMP AND PERFORMED GEAR SWING 25 TIMES, NO DISCREP IAW SAAB MM 29-10-00. A/C RETURNED TO SERV. M

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