Service difficulty report · Lamp · Cessna 560CESSNA

Difficulty date
October 6, 2026
Submitted
October 7, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N816SH
Make and model
Cessna 560CESSNA
Aircraft serial
5600360
Aircraft time
11,599 hours, 9,543 cycles
Part
Lamp
Part number
327
Condition
Burned Out
Location
Zone 200
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

WE WERE ON A NORMAL FLIGHT TO KARV FROM KLNK. UPON APPROACH TO KARV I COMMANDED THE GEAR DOWN, AND WE BOTH DID NOT SEE A RIGHT MAIN GEAR INDICATION LIGHT. WE DID A GO AROUND WENT TO THE MISSED APPROACH FIX TO HOLD AND TROUBLE SHOOT AND THE GEAR CAME UP DURING THE GO AROUND. WE HELD AT 170 AND ATTEMPTED TO CYCLE THE GEAR. EACH TIME RECEIVING NO INDICATION OF A RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. WE RAN THE LANDING GEAR INOPERATIVE CHECKLIST AND WAITED TO PULL THE BOTTLE SO THAT WE COULD CONTACT MAINTENANCE AND THE CHIEF PILOT BEFORE MAKING A DECISION TO LAND IN ARV OR RETURN TO LNK. WE HAD ENOUGH GAS TO MAKE IT BACK TO LNK SO WE ELECTED TO RETURN TO LNK. WE REVERSED THE LANDING GEAR INOPERATIVE CHECKLIST TO GET THE GEAR UP AND PROCEEDED TO LNK AS NORMAL. WE DECIDED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY IN CRUISE IN CASE THE GEAR COLLAPSED ON US IN LNK. DURING DESCENT WE ELECTED TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN FOLLOWING THE APPROACH CHECKLIST AT 10000, IT CAME DOWN AND WE DID A LOW PASS OVER 17 TO CONFIRM IT DOWN. WE THEN BLEW THE BOTTLE AND DID A RIGHT HAND PATTER TO 14 AND LANDED WITHOUT ISSUE.