Service difficulty report · Relay · Dorner DO228202

Difficulty date
May 16, 2012
Submitted
May 18, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N405VA
Make and model
Dorner DO228202
Aircraft serial
8144
Aircraft time
20,054 hours, 20,588 cycles
Part
Relay
Part number
MS24171D1
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Landing Gear
Part time
4,643 hours, 7,602 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

ON FINAL APPROACH AT 1Z1, GEAR DOWN SELECTED AND NO HYDRAULIC PRESSURE INDICATED AND GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO SWITCH MANUAL "ON" AND IT DID NOT WORK. RETURNED TO VGT AND TRIED SEVERAL TIMES AGAIN TO GET HYDRAULICS TO WORK TO NO AVAIL. FINALLY OVER AFB, THE HYDRAULICS CAME ON WHEN SELECTED TO MANUAL "ON". GEAR WAS EXTENDED NORMALLY AND HAD NORMAL LANDING AND TAXI. REPLACED LANDING GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE (P/N 717201-1), HYDRAULIC SWITCH (P/N 920UN01A4BA5B) AND RELAY 4DA (P/N MS 24171-D1). PERFORMED LANDING GEAR FUNCTIONAL TEST 10 TIMES IN BOTH "NORMAL" AND "MANUAL" IAW DO228 AMM 32-00-00. AIRCRAFT RELEASED FOR FCF (FUNCTIONAL CHECK FLIGHT). FCF WAS FOUND SATISFACTORY. SUSPECT RELAY STUCK. SELECTOR HANDLE AND SWITCH REPLACED AS PRECAUTIONARY. NOTE: LANDING GEAR RELAY 4DA IS COMPUTER CONTROLLED AT 4,800 HOURS FOR OVERHAUL. RELAY HAD 4,643.0 HOURS TOTAL TIME AND 157.0 HOURS REMAINING UNTIL OVERHAUL WAS DUE.