Service difficulty report · Bulb · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
October 6, 2010
Submitted
October 11, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N523CS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605507
Aircraft time
5,369 hours, 3,906 cycles
Engine
Pwc PW545B
Part
Bulb
Part number
MS25237387
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Mlg Indicator
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
L, A

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

What was found

ON FINAL APPROACH, CREW EXTENDED GEAR AND DID NOT GET RT MAIN GEAR DOWN INDICATION. FOLLOWING AFM CHECK LIST A ROTARY TEST FUNCTION FOR THE LANDING GEAR WAS PERFORMED AND THE RT GEAR DOWN DID NOT ILLUMINATE. CREW ELECTED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED, DUE TO RUNWAY LENGTH AND EMERGENCY FACILITIES. CREW LANDED ACFT WITHOUT INCIDENT, TAXIED OFF RUNWAY AND HAD ACFT TOWED. MFG SENT MX TO WORK GEAR DISCREPANCY, THE MX STAFF FOUND GEAR INDICATOR BULB INOP, THE BULB WAS REPLACED AND ROTARY TEST FUNCTION NOW SHOWED GEAR DOWN INDICATION PROPERLY. THERE FBO HAD NO PROVISIONS TO PERFROM GEAR SWING, SO THE ACFT WAS FERRIED WHERE CONTINUED MX AND GEAR SWINGS WERE PERFORMED SATISFACTORY AND ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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