Service difficulty report · Bulb · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
March 21, 2012
Submitted
March 23, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N425CS
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
525B0132
Aircraft time
4,627 hours, 3,379 cycles
Part
Bulb
Part number
327
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Mlg Indicator
Part time
1,470 hours, 1,044 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ON THE APPROACH, AFTER THE GEAR HANDLE WAS LOWERED, THE LT MLG ANNUNCIATOR DID NOT ILLUMINATE. CREW FOLLOWED THE APPROPRIATE CHECK LIST AND PERFORMED THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTEND PROCEDURE. ACFT DIVERTED AND LANDED SAFELY. MX TROUBLESHOT THE DISCREPANCY TO FAULTY LAMPS IN THE LT MLG DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATOR. INDICATOR BULBS WERE REPLACED, HYD SYS BLED AND SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL GEAR SWINGS WERE PERFORMED. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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