Service difficulty report · Actuator · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
February 17, 2011
Submitted
February 22, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N508CS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605294
Aircraft time
7,282 hours, 5,255 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
99124913
Part serial
0317
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Nlg
Part time
1,460 hours, 1,184 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

ON APPROACH, THE NOSE GEAR GREEN LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE, FOLLOWED BY THE RED UNSAFE LITE DURING NORMAL GEAR EXTENSION. CREW EXECUTED A MISSED APPROACH, FOLLOWED BY THE "LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND" CHECK LIST PROCEDURE AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. AFTER EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION THE NOSE GEAR GREEN LITE ILLUMINATED. ACFT LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. DISCREPANCY WAS ISOLATED TO FAULTY NOSE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR. ACTUATOR WAS REPLACED AND SYS OPS CHECK WAS NORMAL. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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