Service difficulty report · Actuator · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
December 17, 2010
Submitted
December 22, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N509CS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605310
Aircraft time
7,205 hours, 5,056 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW545A
Part
Actuator
Part number
99125374
Part serial
665
Condition
Defective
Location
Mlg
Part time
7,205 hours, 5,056 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, GEAR DOWN WAS SELECTED AND RT MAIN GEAR FAILED TO INDICATE DOWN. AT THIS TIME THE CREW NOTIFIED TOWER FOR VECTORS TO RUN A CHECKLIST FOR THE RT MLG INDICATION. CREW RAN THE CHECKLIST AND YAWED THE ACFT AGAIN AFTER BLOWING DOWN THE GEAR. THE RT MAIN GEAR LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH APPROACH. IN COORDINATION WITH THE COMPANY AND AIRPORT APPROACH, DESTINATION WAS CHANGED. WHILE BEING VECTORED THE RT MAIN GEAR LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE RED UNLOCK LIGHT WENT OUT. THE DECISION WAS MADE BY ALL PARTIES TO LAND AT ORIGINAL DESTINATION. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. LOCAL MX RESET AND SERVICED BLOW-DOWN BOTTLE, INSPECTED ACFT TO BE SAFE FOR FERRY FLIGHT. MFG AT MX AIRPORT REPLACED RT MLG ACTUATOR AND PERFORMED SATISFACTORY GEAR RETRACTION TEST. ACFT FLEW A SUCCESSFUL OPS CHECK FLIGHT AND ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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