Service difficulty report · Control Valve · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
October 21, 2002
Submitted
October 31, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N391AE
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
340B391
Engine
Ge CT79B
Part
Control Valve
Part number
HP848430621
Part serial
1554
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Landing Gear
Stage of operation
AP
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.

What was found

DURING APPROACH, LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND WHEN SELECTED DOWN. RECYCLED GEAR HANDLE WITHOUT SUCCESS. ATTEMPTED MANUAL EXTENSION WITHOUT SUCCESS. ACTUATED EMERGENCY EXTENSION/GEAR FREEFALL, NOSE AND LT MAIN GEAR EXTENDED AND LOCKED, RIGHT MAIN GEAR EXTENDED BUT DID NOT LOCK UNTIL CREW EXECUTED PULL UP MANEUVER. A/C LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENTS. AFTER LANDING, MAINT FOUND RIGHT MAIN GEAR EXPLOSIVE BOLT DID NOT FIRE. MAINT REMOVED AND REPLACED LANDING GEAR CONTROL VALVE FOR GEAR NOT EXTENDING AND THE RT EXPLOSIVE BOLT CONNECTOR PLUG FOR THE RT MAIN NOT LOCKING INTO PLACE. ALL WORK DONE IAW MM. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE SATISFACTORY AND A/C WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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