Service difficulty report · Uplock Switch · Cessna 680SOV

Difficulty date
August 29, 2018
Submitted
August 30, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N680SC
Make and model
Cessna 680SOV
Aircraft serial
6800513
Aircraft time
1,496 hours, 981 cycles
Part
Uplock Switch
Part number
65430087
Part serial
1630
Condition
Defective
Location
Mlg
Part time
784 hours, 510 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
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

PRIOR TO LANDING, THE PILOTS SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR INDICATION WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED, THE LEFT GEAR MISCOMPARE LIGHT WAS ON. THE PILOTS FOLLOWED THEIR CHECK LIST PROCEDURES AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED A DOWNLOAD OF THE ARES SYSTEM AND THE CAUSE WAS THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR UPLOCK SWITCH.