Service difficulty report · Actuator · Eclips ECLIPSEEA500

Difficulty date
January 24, 2008
Submitted
January 27, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N153DJ
Make and model
Eclips ECLIPSEEA500
Aircraft serial
000072
Aircraft time
31 hours, 35 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
EM411513
Part serial
311
Condition
Defective
Location
Lt Mlg
Part time
31 hours, 35 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

"LANDING GEAR FAIL" CAS MESSAGE DISPLAYED IN FLIGHT AFTER GEAR RETRACTION. LEFT MAIN GEAR INDICATED UNSAFE AFTER SELECTING GEAR HANDLE DOWN, THREE GREEN INDICATED (GEAR DOWN), LANDING UNEVENTFUL. DAYJET WORK ORDER 1218, NRI 1. TROUBLESHOT LANDING GEAR FOUND LEFT MLG ACTUATOR DEFECTIVE. REMOVED AND REPLACED LEFT MLG ACTUATOR WITH NEW UNIT IAW EA 500 AMM 32-30-20. PERFORMED ALL OPERATIONAL CHECKS OF LANDING GEAR SYSTEM IAW EA 500 AMM 32-30-00. ALL SYSTEM CHECK WERE SATISFACTORY WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED.