Service difficulty report · Bulb · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
November 7, 2010
Submitted
November 8, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N404CS
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
525B0033
Aircraft time
4,743 hours, 3,402 cycles
Engine
Wilint FJ44
Part
Bulb
Part number
MS25237327
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Mlg Indicator
Part time
4,743 hours, 3,402 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON APPROACH, THE LT MAIN GEAR SAFE INDICATOR DID NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED. CREW FOLLOWED THEIR CHECK LIST, PERFORMED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTEND PROCEDURE AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. CREW PERFORMED AN INDICATOR ROTARY TEST AND DETERMINED THAT A FAULTY BULB WAS THE CAUSE OF THE INOP INDICATION. ACFT LANDED SAFELY. MX CONFIRMED THAT BOTH THE LIGHT BULBS FOR THE LT MAIN GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT ASSY WERE INOP. LIGHT BULBS WERE REPLACED, EMERGENCY GEAR AND BRAKE SYS WAS SERVICED, GEAR SWINGS WERE PERFORMED AND SYS OPS CHECK NORMAL. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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