Service difficulty report · Bulb · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
December 13, 2010
Submitted
December 23, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N431CS
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
525B0228
Aircraft time
2,557 hours, 1,881 cycles
Part
Bulb
Part number
327
Condition
Burned Out
Location
Mlg Indicator
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
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, EXTENDED MLG AND LT MLG LIGHT FAILED TO ILLUMINATE GREEN. ABORTED APPROACH. ON COMPLETION OF CHECKLIST. INCLUDING BLOWING THE NITROGEN BOTTLE, ROTARY TEST & FAILURE OF LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. AFTER SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING MLG WARNING HORN TEST CONFIRMING A BAD BULB. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED BULB IN DOWN INDICATOR. SATISFACTORY GEAR SWING WAS PERFORMED, ACFT FLEW SUCCESSFUL OPS CHECK FLT AND WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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