Service difficulty report · Bulb · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
September 6, 2012
Submitted
September 11, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N511CS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605324
Aircraft time
7,634 hours, 5,533 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW545A
Part
Bulb
Part number
MS25237387
Condition
Burned Out
Location
Mlg Indicator
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 FINAL APPROACH, CREW EXTENDED GEAR AND DID NOT GET LT MAIN GEAR DOWN INDICATION. FOLLOWING AFM CHECK LIST A ROTARY TEST FUNCTION FOR THE LANDING GEAR WAS PERFORMED AND THE RT GEAR DOWN DID NOT ILLUMINATE. CREW ABORTED APPROACH TO WORK GEAR CHECK LIST AND TOWER TOLD THEM THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. CREW DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. CREW EXECUTED THE PNEUMATIC EMERGENCY GEAR EXTEND BOTTLE AND LANDED ACFT WITHOUT INCIDENT. MFG SENT MX TO WORK GEAR DISCREPANCY, THE MX STAFF FOUND GEAR INDICATOR BULBS INOP, THE BULBS WERE REPLACED AND ROTARY TEST FUNCTION NOW SHOWED GEAR DOWN INDICATION PROPERLY. GEAR SWINGS WERE PERFORMED SATISFACTORY AND ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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