Service difficulty report · Connector · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
December 22, 2015
Submitted
December 30, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N115AX
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UC02
Aircraft time
34,278 hours, 61,602 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Corroded
Location
Landing Gear
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

HAD TO PUMP GEAR DOWN TO GET THREE GREEN, NOSE GEAR HAD NOT INDICATED GREEN. NO IN-TRANSIT LIGHT. FERRY GEAR DOWN. MX COULD NOT DUPLICATE. GEAR RETRACT & EXTEND, OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD MULTIPLE TIMES. REPLACED NOSE GEAR DRAG BRACE DOWN LOCK SWITCH FOR COMPANY CONVENIENCE. SOME CORROSION FOUND IN DOWN LOCK SWITCH CONNECTOR PINS.

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