Service difficulty report · Switch · Boeing 767201

Difficulty date
December 2, 2010
Submitted
December 3, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N250AY
Make and model
Boeing 767201
Aircraft serial
23902
Part
Switch
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

PHL - FLT 1024 EN-ROUTE SJU TO PHL. CREW REPORTS: LEFT GEAR GREEN DN LIGHT FAILED TO ILLUM WITH GEAR HANDLE DN. EICAS MESSAGE NOT DISPLAYED, DOOR & GEAR AMBER LIGHTS WERE EXTINGUISHED. AN EMERGENCY WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN DECLARED, PROMPTING CFR RESPONSE. THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED THE FOLLOWING ACTION: INSTALLED NEW PRESS TO TEST SWITCHES W/OPERABLE LIGHTS AT NOSE & LT GEAR POSITIONS.