Service difficulty report · Actuator · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
March 6, 2011
Submitted
March 11, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N617CS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800102
Aircraft time
4,206 hours, 2,671 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
99146742
Part serial
0242
Condition
Defective
Location
Mlg
Part time
2,544 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 INTO MSP WHEN GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN, THE RT MAIN GEAR, GREEN LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE AND THE RED GEAR UNLOCK STAYED ILLUMINATED. CREW ABORTED APPROACH AND INFORMED ATC THEY HAD A PROBLEM AND NEEDED VECTORS TO RUN A CHECKLIST. CREW COMPLETED THE EMERGENCY/ABNORMAL-LANDING GEAR WILL NOT EXTEND- CHECKLIST, BUT COULD NOT RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. PRIOR TO LANDING, THE RT GREEN DOWN LIGHT FINALLY ILLUMINATED. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON-SITE MX TROUBLESHOT SYS AND FOUND DEFECTIVE DOWN-LOCK SWITCH ON RT SIDE BRACE GEAR ACTUATOR. LANDING GEAR SIDE BRACE ACTUATOR WAS REPLACED, GEAR RETRACTION TEST PERFORMED SATISFACTORILY AND CREW PERFORMED A SATISFACTORY OPERATION CHECK FLIGHT. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.