Service difficulty report · Sensor · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
March 5, 2016
Submitted
March 10, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N133BA
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UB54
Aircraft time
36,510 hours, 46,038 cycles
Part
Sensor
Part number
1013641791
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
AP
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

WHEN GEAR WERE LOWERED FOR LANDING, DID NOT HAVE 3 GREEN GEAR LIGHTS. PILOT TRIED PRESS TO TEST OF BULBS & TURNED DIMMING OFF TO NO AVAIL. PILOT TERMINATED APPROACH & GOT VISUAL CONFIRMATION FROM TOWER THAT GEAR WAS DOWN. PILOT EVENTUALLY SAW ALL 3 GEAR LIGHTS WERE GREEN, BUT EXTREMELY DIM. PILOT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION FOUND THAT THE AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR HAD AN INTERMITTENT FAILURE.

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