Service difficulty report · Valve · Frchld SA227CC

Difficulty date
December 31, 2014
Submitted
January 15, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N3114G
Make and model
Frchld SA227CC
Aircraft serial
AC583
Aircraft time
34,460 hours, 48,658 cycles
Part
Valve
Condition
Failed
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

FLIGHT RETURNING TO BASE AFTER FREIGHT CHARTER FLIGHT. UPON APPROACH PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN BUT DID NOT RECEIVE A GREEN LIGHT INDICATION FOR THE NOSE GEAR. PILOT RECYCLED GEAR AND REQUESTED TO TERMINATE LANDING. PILOT MANUAL EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR IAW AFM PROCEDURES. NO INDICATION OF HYDRAULIC OR ELECTRICAL FAILURE. RELEASING MANUAL GEAR RELEASE EXTENDED AND LOCKED NLG. PILOT LANDED AND TAXIED TO BASE WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL INDICATIONS OF PROBLEMS. AIRCRAFT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED TO SERVICE BUT SUSPECT PART IS THE LANDING GEAR SERVO IN THE HYDRAULIC POWER PACK ASSEMBLY . MAINTENANCE BELIEVES THAT THE SERVO IS NOT CLOSING COMPLETELY AND THEREFORE DIDN'T DEVELOP ENOUGH INITIAL PRESSURE TO RELEASE THE MECHANICAL UP LATCH DURING THE INITIAL GEAR DOWN OPERATION. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED THAT THE VALVE ASSY GEAR WHICH IS PART OF THE POWER PACK MAY HAVE BEEN NOT FULLY CLOSING CAUSING A BYPASS CONDITION. THIS PREVENTED THE GEAR DOWN SYSTEM PRESSURE TO BE LESS THAN NORMAL.