Service difficulty report · Warning System · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
January 3, 2009
Submitted
January 7, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N406CS
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
525B0043
Aircraft time
2,832 hours, 2,050 cycles
Part
Warning System
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cockpit
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

ON CLIMB OUT, WHEN GEAR WAS RETRACTED, CREW NOTICED GEAR UNLOCK LIGHT STILL ON. CREW DIVERTED, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED SAFELY, BUT OVERWEIGHT. MX FACILITY SWUNG GEAR AND WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE REPORTED DISCREPANCY. ALL UP-LOCK SWITCHES AND WIRING WERE INSPECTED WITHOUT ANY FAULTS FOUND, ALL LANDING GEAR UPLOCK ROLLERS WERE LUBRICATED, GEAR WAS SWUNG AGAIN SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT ANY FAULTS FOUND. CREW PERFORMED OPS CHECK FLIGHT AFTER MX AND SYS FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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