Service difficulty report · Circuit Breaker · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
January 11, 2013
Submitted
January 15, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N116AX
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UC17
Aircraft time
29,424 hours, 37,658 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A65B
Propeller
Hartzl HCB4MP3
Part
Circuit Breaker
Condition
Tripped
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

CREW ON FLT 145, DISCOVERED ON APPROACH THAT THE AIRPLANE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. TOWER WAS NOTIFIED. INITIATED MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES, WHICH WERE SUCCESSFUL. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX FOUND THE 60 AMP LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER IN LT NACELLE TRIPPED. THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED AND EXTENDED SEVERAL TIMES BUT THE DEFECT COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. AN OPS CHECK FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED SUCCESSFULY WITH NO REOCCURRANCE OF THE LANDING GEAR ISSUE. RELEASED BACK TO SERVICE.

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