Service difficulty report · Circuit Board · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
February 9, 2012
Submitted
February 14, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N423CS
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
525B0121
Aircraft time
4,415 hours, 3,214 cycles
Part
Circuit Board
Part number
631839721
Part serial
0217
Condition
Defective
Location
Mlg
Part time
4,415 hours, 3,214 cycles
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, CREW NOTICED THERE WAS NO GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION ON ANY OF THE GEAR INDICATORS. CREW DID A GO AROUND AND WAS INFORMED BY ATC THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. CREW WENT INTO A HOLD AND PERFORMED AFM GEAR CHECK LIST. AFTER GEAR WAS BLOWN AND CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS RESET, THE GEAR INDICATION WAS NORMAL. THE ACFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. ON SITE MX REPLACED THE GEAR PC BOARD, AND PERFORMED A LANDING GEAR RETRACTION TEST . THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED AND EXTENDED NUMEROUS TIMES AND NO DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED. CREW PERFORMED A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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