Service difficulty report · Uplock Switch · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
November 30, 2015
Submitted
December 1, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N113AX
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UC41
Aircraft time
71,666 hours, 68,584 cycles
Part
Uplock Switch
Part number
1003810064
Condition
Shorted
Location
Nlg
Part time
2,019 hours, 1,656 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
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 UNSAFE INDICATION, AFTER RETRACTION, RED LIGHT IN HANDLE. ACFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AT AIRPORT OF ORIGIN. IDENTIFIED & REPLACED A FAULTY NOSE GEAR UPLOCK INDICATION SWITCH, SWITCH WAS FOUND TO HAVE CONTAMINATION & CORROSION ON TERMINAL CONTACTS UNDER SEALANT ON END OF SWITCH CAUSING SHORTING BETWEEN TERMINALS & CASE. THIS IS A COMMON FINDING FOR FAILURES OF THIS PN. SWITCH FOR THIS OPERATOR.

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