Service difficulty report · Lamp · Beech B200

Difficulty date
July 16, 2013
Submitted
July 29, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N42FC
Make and model
Beech B200
Aircraft serial
BB1553
Aircraft time
5,099 hours, 4,301 cycles
Part
Lamp
Part number
327
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Mlg Indicator
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FLIGHT CREW NOTED ON LONG FINAL APPROACH, MLG EXTENDED AND LT MAIN GREEN LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. OPTED TO CYCLE MLG ONE TIME WITH SAME RESULT. LOW APPROACH & VIEWING FROM TOWER. TOWER REPORTED ALL THREE GEARS APPEARED DOWN. AFTER REACHING 3000 AGL, LT MAIN GREEN LIGHT CAME ON BY ITSELF. FLIGHT RETURNED AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. TROUBLESHOT BY WIGGLING ANNUNCIATOR CAPSULE AND FOUND LEFT INDICATION TO BE INTERMITTENT. REMOVED CAPSULE AND TIGHTENED BULB CAPSULES. REPLACED FOUR LAMPS AND REINSTALLED CAPSULE. PERFORMED MLG RETRACTION & EXTENSION CYCLES WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED, ACFT WAS THEN RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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