Service difficulty report · Bulb · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
April 14, 2012
Submitted
April 16, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N431CS
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
525B0228
Aircraft time
3,802 hours, 2,771 cycles
Part
Bulb
Part number
S33682
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Lt Mlg Indicator
Part time
3,802 hours, 2,771 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON APPROACH, THE LT MAIN GEAR LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATED WITH GEAR HANDLE SELECTED DOWN. CREW FOLLOWED CHECKLIST TO BLOW THE GEAR DOWN. LIGHT STILL DID NOT ILLUMINATE. ACFT DIVERTED, PERFORMED TOWER FLY BY, THE TOWER CONFIRMED GEAR WAS DOWN. ACFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. MX TROUBLESHOT THE DISCREPANCY TO A FAULTY LAMP IN THE LT MAIN GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATOR. INDICATOR BULBS WERE REPLACED, EMERGENCY GEAR BOTTLE WAS RESET AND SERVICED, HYD SYS BLED AND SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL GEAR SWINGS WERE PERFORMED. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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