Service difficulty report · Gust Lock · Cndair CL6002C10

Difficulty date
January 5, 2022
Submitted
January 7, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N542EA
Make and model
Cndair CL6002C10
Aircraft serial
10321
Aircraft time
24,633 hours, 18,647 cycles
Part
Gust Lock
Condition
False Indication
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
V
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

AS PILOT FYING ON SHORT FNAL INTO RWY 16 AT HPN (<500'AGL), GOT A GLD RELATED MASTER CAUTION MSG. DUE TO THE SHORT RUNWAY AND DOWNHILL SLOPE, I COMMENCED A GO-AROUND. MESSAGE EXTINGUISHED DURING THE CLIMB OUT BEFORE I COULD ASCERTAIN THE EXACT MESSAGE. GOT DELAY VECTORS, AND REVIEWED THE QRC/QRH FOR GLD MESSAGES. DISCUSSED WITH FO, AND BECAUSE WE HAD PLENTY OF FUEL (6,000LBS OF TANKER) CONCURRED IN MAKING A SECOND APPROACH, BUT BREAKING IT TO IF THE MESSAGE REAPPEARED. ON SECOND APPROACH, MESSAGE REAPPEARED AND WE WENT AROUND. THIS TIME, FO WAS ABLE TO VERIFY THAT IT WAS GLD NOT ARMED. REVIEWED THE QRH AGAIN, AND MESSAGED DISPATCH TO DISCUSS WHETHER TO DIVERT AND PREFERRED DIVERSION ?ELD (PHL WAS ?LED ALTERNATE DUE TO WEATHER). GIVEN THE REASONS MENTIONED BEFORE (SHORT, DOWNHILL RUNWAY AND TIGHT LANDING NUMBERS) DECIDED TO DIVERT TO PHL FOR: 1) LONGER RUNWAY, 2) ON FIELD PRESENCE OF CONTRACT MX, 3) LIKELY CHANCE OF SWAPPING PLANES IS NEEDED, AND 4) IT WAS THE ?LED ALTERNATE. TROUBLESHOT GLD NOT ARMED CAUTION IAW CRJ700 FIM 27-64-00-810-802-A01. OPS TEST OF GROUND LIFT DUMPING GOOD. CAUTION MESSAGE NOT PRESENT AT THIS TIME.