Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
October 28, 2011
Submitted
November 2, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N423CS
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
525B0121
Aircraft time
4,191 hours, 3,057 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Malfunctioned
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 NOTICED THERE WAS NO GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION ON THE LT MAIN GEAR. CREW CONTACTED ATC AND ABORTED APPROACH TO WORK THE LANDING GEAR EMERGENCY/ABNORMAL CHECK LIST. AFTER GEAR WAS BLOWN DOWN AND GEAR INDICATION WAS NORMAL THE ACFT LANDED, UNEVENTFULLY. MOBILE SERVICE UNIT WAS DEPLOYED TO THE ACFT TO WORK THE DISCREPANCY. THE ACFT WAS INITIALLY INSPECTED AND A LANDING GEAR RETRACTION TEST WAS PERFORMED AND THERE WERE NO ANOMALIES FOUND. THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED AND EXTENDED NUMEROUS TIMES AND NO DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED. CREW PERFORMED A SATISFACTORY OPS CHECK FLIGHT AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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