Service difficulty report · Bulb · Lear 35A

Difficulty date
July 24, 2007
Submitted
July 25, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N135DE
Make and model
Lear 35A
Aircraft serial
667
Aircraft time
4,769 hours, 3,624 cycles
Part
Bulb
Part number
6838
Condition
Burned Out
Location
Mlg Indicator
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIR WAS ENTERING DOWNWIND LEG AT AMA, AT APPROPRIATE TIME GEAR DOWN WAS CALLED FOR. LANDING GEAR SELECTED DOWN, LEFT MAIN DID NOT INDICATE DOWN "NO GREEN". LANDING GEAR WAS CYCLED BACK UP THEN BACK DOWN. UPON 2ND GEAR DOWN ATTEMPT ONLY THE NOSE WHEEL INDICATED DOWN. AT GEAR DOWN ATTEMPT FO REPORTED "POP". CREW REQUESTED FLYBY OF AMA TOWER. TOWER REPORTED RIGHT GEAR APPEARED DOWN HOWEVER AN AMERICAN EAGLE FLIGHT ON LEFT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT REPORTED THAT LEFT GEAR DID NOT APPEAR TO BE DOWN AND LOCKED. GEAR WAS RETRACTED AND CAPTAIN ELECTED TO RETURN TO ABQ. NORMAL FLIGHT BACK TO ABQ. DECLARED EMERGENCY WITH ABQ APPROACH, EXTEND GEAR NORMALLY REQUESTED FLYBY OF TOWER AND MAINTENANCE. AFTER GEAR WAS REPORTED

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