Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
October 26, 2010
Submitted
November 3, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N604CS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800007
Aircraft time
5,576 hours, 3,563 cycles
Engine
Pwc PW306C
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Malfunctioned
Part time
5,576 hours, 3,563 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ENROUTE. ATTEMPTED TO LOWER MLG & HAD A FAILED INDICATION ON THE RT MLG. DID ROTARY BULB TEST & ALL BULBS CHECKED OUT OK. BLEW MLG BOTTLE & STILL FAILED TO RECEIVE 3 GREEN ON INDICATOR. BELIEVE MLG WAS NOT DOWN BASED UPON FEEL OF ACFT. DIVERTED & DECLARED EMERGENCY. FOLLOWED PROCEDURES FROM & RECEIVED 3 GREEN INDICATIONS ON MLG, CONTINUED TO DESTINATION & LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ACFT FERRIED FOR CONTINUED MX & IS CURRENTLY IN WORK. INITIAL MLG RETRACTION CHECKS WERE PERFORMED & MLG OPERATED NORMAL. EO ALL COMPONENTS REMOVED FOR ANALYSIS. THE MANUAL RELEASE CABLE SYS WAS RERIGGED AND A COMPLETE GEAR RETRACTION SLOW CYCLE AND NORMAL GEAR EXTENSION AND RETRACTION WAS PERFORMED WITH NO ANOMALIES FOUND. AN OPS CHECK FLIGHT WAS PERFORMED SATISFACTORILY AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.