SDR SIMA973383

Service difficulty report · Prox Switch · Aerosp ATR72212

Difficulty date
December 4, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N4AE
Make and model
Aerosp ATR72212
Aircraft serial
244
Part
Prox Switch
Part number
DHE1148
Condition
Intermitten
Location
Landing Gear
Stage of operation
AP
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

CRP - FLT 3739 - ON APPROACH FOR LANDING INTO CRP, CREW SELECTED LANDING GEAR DOWN. GEAR EXTENDED FOLLOWED BY THE GREEN DOWN AND LOCK INDICATION. A SHORT TIME LATER THE CREW NOTED THAT THERE WAS A 'THUMP' NOISE FOLLOWED BY AN INTERMITTENT UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION ON THE LOWER INDICATION PANEL. THE UPPER PANEL REMAINED GREEN AT ALL TIMES. CREW NOTED THAT THIS OCCURRED FOUR TIMES. CREW ELECTED TO MAKE A LOW PASS TO CONFIRM GEAR APPEARED LOCKED TO THE FLIGHT CONTROL TOWER. SUBSEQUENT LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. IN CRP, MX DEFERRED THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTION SYSTEM AS PER THE MEL AND THE A/C RETURNED TO DFW. IN DFW, MX REPLACED THE PROXIMITY SWITCH 10GB AND PERFORMED GEAR RETRACTION TEST. A/C RETURNED TO SERVIC

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