Service difficulty report · Squat Switch · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
August 21, 2008
Submitted
August 26, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N112AX
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UC45
Part
Squat Switch
Part number
444EN495
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Rt Mlg
Component
Mlg · Beech
Component part number
114810000656
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING A PILOT TRAINING FLT MLG WAS EXTENDED USING ALTERNATE EXTENSION PUMP IAW QRH AND POH. AFTER EXERCISE, PILOT RESET MLG CONTROL CIRCUIT BREAKER & SELECTED GEAR UP. PILOT REPORTED THAT ALTHOUGH THEY COULD HEAR MLG MOTOR/PUMP RUNNING, MLG DID NOT RETRACT, ALL DOWN & LOCKED GREEN LIGHTS REMAINED ON, & CONTROL CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED AFTER 16 SECONDS (MOTOR CONTROL CIRCUIT PROTECTION TIME DELAY). ACFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. MX COULD NOT DUPLICATE FAULT EVEN AFTER ATTEMPTING TO RECREATE EXACT ORIGINAL SCENARIO - UNLESS HAND PUMP HANDLE WAS NOT STOWED. ACFT RELEASED FOR SERVICE. WHILE ACFT WAS BEING LOADED FLT CREW NOTICED THAT MLG SELECTOR HANDLE SAFETY LATCH WAS DISENGAGING AS SOON AS SHIP POWER TURNED ON. MAX DETERMINED THERE WAS AN INTERMITTENT INTERNAL FAILURE OF RT MLG SAFETY (SQUAT) SWITCH & REPLACED SAME. (S)

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