Service difficulty report · Actuator · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
December 17, 2010
Submitted
December 22, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N540CS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605516
Aircraft time
5,296 hours, 3,841 cycles
Engine
Pwc PW545B
Part
Actuator
Part number
99125374
Part serial
0839
Condition
Defective
Location
Mlg
Part time
3,448 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, 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 BULB DID ILLUMINATE. CREW ELECTED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED DUE TO RUNWAY LENGTH AND EMERGENCY FACILITIES. THE LANDING GEAR WAS BLOWN DOWN AND THE RT GEAR DOWN INDICATION STILL DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THE CREW ELECTED TO DO A SLOW FLY-BY FOR TOWER OBSERVATION. AS THE CREW WAS COMING IN ON APPROACH THE TOWER DID NOTICE THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN. AS SOON AS THE TOWER GAVE THAT INDICATION, THE CREW GOT THE 3 GREEN INDICATIONS. CREW LANDED ACFT WITHOUT INCIDENT, TAXIED OFF RUNWAY AND HAD ACFT TOWED TO FBO. MX REPLACED RT MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR, A GEAR RETRACTION TEST WAS PERFORMED SATISFACTORILY AND A SUCCESSFUL OPS CHECK FLIGHT WAS PERFORMED. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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