Service difficulty report · Wire · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
September 26, 2013
Submitted
October 2, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N420CS
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
525B0115
Aircraft time
5,951 hours, 4,368 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING APPROACH, SELECTED DOWN POSITION THE ACTION FAILED TO PRODUCE ANY GEAR LIGHTS. IAW CHECKLIST, BLEW THE BOTTLE AND RECEIVED THREE GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATIONS. RECEIVED A LOW BRAKE PRESSURE LIGHT. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED SAFELY USING HAND BRAKE TO STOP ACFT. MX TROUBLESHOT SYS AND FOUND TWO BROKEN WIRES ON THE GEAR HANDLE/SWITCH ASSY. WIRES WERE SOLDERED ON TO THE SWITCH AND OPS CHECK WAS PERFORMED SATISFACTORILY AND ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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