Service difficulty report · Gear Selector · Dorner DO328100

Difficulty date
May 10, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N436JS
Make and model
Dorner DO328100
Aircraft serial
3052
Engine
Pwa PW119B
Propeller
Hartzl HDE6C3B
Part
Gear Selector
Part number
7178011
Condition
Defective
Location
Rt Instr Panel
Part time
1,891 hours
Stage of operation
AP
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ON APPROACH TO TYS, CREW SELECTED GEAR DOWN. NO RESPONSE. THE F/O THEN CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE SEVERAL TIMES, STILL NO RESPONSE. CREW THEN ELECTED TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT WAS LATER FERRIED TO P.I.T. WHERE MX REPLACED THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR I.A.W. M.M. 32-31-01, JACKED THE AIRCRAFT AND SWUNG THE GEAR, OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. PART TOTAL CYCLES, 185.