JASC 3230
Service difficulty reports · 11,179
Reports filed under 3230 · Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System, newest first.
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SDR 00FDEA00209Handle · inoperativeUPON GEAR EXT HAD 4 RED LIGHTS ON MG PNL. RECYCLED GEAR AND SAME RESULTS. CLEANED AND LUBED GEAR HANDLE PER SMP PER MM 32-31-00-5.SDR RRXA000198Pin · brokenAFTER TAKE OFF FROM DEN UPON GEAR RETRACTION A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR REMAINED DOWN. PER VERIFIED ALT GEAR DOOR LIGHT ON AND SPOILER PRESS REMAINED UP. BOTH DOORS NOT LATCHED AND GEAR NOT LATCHED, REMAINED ON. FOUND EYE BOLT-PIN ON LT SDR PCAA0003025Selector Valve · leakingBWI - FLIGHT 3854 UPON DESCENT INTO BWI WHEN GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN THE CREW RECEIVED YELLOW CAUTION LIGHTS FOR HANDLE AND GEAR DOORS. LANDING GEAR REMAINED IN THE UP POSITION. CREW PERFORMED AN ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDESDR 20000330SH009Plunger · malfunctionedWHEN THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED, THE SOLENOID PLUNGER EXTENSION WAS NOT PULLING THE DOWNLOCK MECHANISM COMPLETELY OPEN. WHEN THE GEAR WAS THEN EXTENDED AND THE GEAR HIT THE DOWNLOCK MECHANISM, IT WOULD DRIVE IT OVERCENTER BACKWARDS. REPLACING WORN PARTS FIXED THSDR 20000427SH005Uplock · failedAIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SDF DUE TO THE LANDING GEAR (LEFT SIDE) STAYED OPEN. THE MLG DOOR UPLOCK WAS REPLACED. OPS CHECKED GOOD BY PERFORMING THE RETRACTION CHECK PER FALCON MM. (X)SDR 20000504SH014Circuit Breaker · failedTHE CIRCUIT BREAKER FAILED TO THE OPEN POSITION PREVENTING A NORMAL EXTENSION OF THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR. (X)SDR DLL14000596Priority Valve · crackedA/C LOST C-HYD JUST AFTER GEAR DOWN AND PUTTING FINAL FLAPS QUANITY TO 1/4 AND PRESS WENT TO ZERO. FOUND DIFFERENTIAL PRIORITY VALVE CRACKED. REPLACED SAME PER MM.SDR JBXA0000160Sequence Valve · malfunctionedNOSE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND ON FIRST ATTEMPT. ON SECOND ATTEMPT IT EXTENDED NORMALLY. INSPECTED AIRCRAFT, PINNED GEAR AND PERFORMED MX FERRY FLIGHT IAW MIDWAY AIRLINES GMM CHAPTER 6 SECTION 4 FROM TPA TO RDU. REMOVED AND REPLACED NLG DOOR SEQUENCING VALVE AND SDR C2XA00IA081Relay · inoperativeIAH - FLIGHT 3683 - THE CREW REPORTED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT UNLESS MANUALLY OVERRIDDEN, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT IAH WITHOUT INCIDENT WHERE MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL HANDLE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN APPROVED FOR RESDR EISA2000039Sensor · wornON APPROACH WHEN FLAPS 30 DEGREES SELECTED GOT INTERMITTENT WARNING HORN. EXECUTED GO AROUND. LANDING GEAR HANDLE WOULD NOT GO UP. PERFORMED ABNORMAL AIR/GROUND SENSOR FAILURE CHECKLIST, THEN LANDED. REMOVED AND REPLACED LANDING GEAR SENSOR LINKAGE ASSEMBLSDR CA000410030Proximity Switch · faulty(CAN) UNABLE TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR. EMERGENCY EXTENSION CARRIED OUT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED FAULTY PROXIMITY SENSOR NR 37GA ON THE LEFT NOSE GEAR DOOR. SWITCH REPLACED.SDR 00FDEA00169Cylinder · corrodedRT MLG RETRACT ACTUATOR ROD END, INTERNAL BORE THREADS HAS CORROSION WITH PITTING NOTED. *S/D* REMOVED AND REPLACED PER MM 32-33-20-4. REFER TO WORK CARD 32 X 1701 PG 14 OF 42 FOR INSTALL.SDR 00FDEA00168Cylinder · corrodedLT MAIN GEAR RETRACT CYLINDER, UPON REMOVAL OF ACTUATOR ROD END, FOUND INTERNAL BORE THREADS CORRODED AND PITTED. *S/D* REMOVED AND REPLACED PER MM 32-33-20-4. WORK CARD 32 X 1702 14 OF 42 FOR INSTALL LT MAIN GEAR.SDR CA000329006Spring · failed(CAN) RT MLG LIGHT STAYS ON REGARDLESS OF GEAR STATUS. A/C OPERATED UNDER MEL. ON OUTDOUND PROCEDURES THE FLIGHT CREW OFFLOADED THE UTILITY PUMPS AND GOT THE RT AMBER LIGHT AND BOTH RH GEAR GREENS. CREW CYCLED THE GEAR AND TRIED PROCERURE AGAIN AND THE GEAR FESDR DL76L000562Actuator · failedAFTER LDG GEAR HANDLE RAISED GOT GEAR DISAGREE. GEAR DOORS ON EICAS, LANDING GEAR DISAGREE AND DOOR LIGHTS ON AND LEFT MAIN GEAR INDICATING DOWN. PUT GEAR HANDLE DOWN AND RETURNED TO JFK. FOUND DRAG BRACE LOCK ACTUATOR BY-PASSING WHEN ACTUATOR WAS REMOVSDR 20000427SH015Trunnion · crackedDURING SCHEDULED INSPECTION, HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS DISCOVERED ON AFT WEB OF THE LT MAIN LANDING GEAR TRUNNION. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, FOUND IT TO BE CRACKED WHERE THE WEB JOINS THE TRUNNION TUBE ALLOWING FLUID TO LEAK. SUBMITTER STATED POSSIBLE CAUSE COULD BSDR PCAA0003023Connector · dirtySYR - FLIGHT 3845 - UPON DESCENT INTO SYR WHEN THE GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN, ONLY THE RED UNSAFE LIGHTS AND GEAR HANDLE INTRANSIT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. AN ALTERNATE EXTENSION WAS PERFORMED AND AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSDR C2XA00IA060Uplock · inoperativeBTR - FLT 3533 - THE CREW REPORTED THE LEFT MLG WOULD NOT RETRACT. THE A/C LANDED AT BTR WITHOUT INCIDENT WHERE MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND PLACED THE LANDING GEAR ON MEL 32-31-03 CONTROL NR 195223, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVISDR CA000329004Fork · broken(CAN) AFTER TAKEOFF, THE GEAR WAS SELECTED UP. THE RT GEAR STAYED LOCKED DOWN 3-5 MINUTES THEN RETRACTED AND LOCKED. SELECTED GEAR DOWN AGAIN WITH SAME PROBLEM RESULTING. INVESTIGATION FOUND A BROKEN RETRACT FORK. PART REPLACED.SDR DL72K000545Accessory Unit · failedAFTER NORMAL T/O AT LGA, THE LDG HANDLE WOULD NOT RAISE ABOVE THE OFF POSITION. RETURNED TO BLOCK. REPLACED LANDING GEAR ACCESSORY UNIT.SDR C2XA00IA059Switch · inoperativeLIT - FLT 3647 - THE CREW REPORTED THAT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND PLACED THE LANDING GEAR ON MEL 32-31-03 CONTROL NR 195201, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ASDR 20000417SH002Bearing · crackedDURING REMOVAL OF BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT LANDING GEAR FORWARD TRUNNION BEARINGS, FOUND THE OUTER HOUSING WAS CRACKED COMPLETELY THROUGH. OLD BEARINGS WERE BEING REMOVED BECAUSE OF LOOSE BALLS. INSTALLED NEW BEARINGS. LANDINGS: 6,201. (X)SDR COMA0060272Pseu · failedWHEN GEAR HANDLE SELECTED DOWN, GEAR DID NOT COME DOWN. EMERGENCY EXTENSION OF GEAR REQUIRED. REMOVED AND REPLACED PSEU. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR ABXA000154Cable · contaminatedON GEAR EXTENTION AT SAN, THE GEAR HANDLE WAS VERY HARD TO EXTEND PAST THE MIDPOINT. DID NOT GET THREE GREEN LIGHTS. RECYCLED GEAR, LIGHTS OK. PERFORMED GEAR SWING IAW DC9 MM 32-31-00. ALL GEAR DOORS FAIRED AND ALL GEAR INDICATION WAS NORMAL. SUSPECT ICE SDR 20000412SH029Uplock · damagedCUSTOMER STATED HE REPLACED LT MLG UPLOCK HOOK DUE TO EXCESS PLAY AT ATTACH BOLT/SPACER AREA. MAINT FACILITY CONDUCTED PHASE-5 INSP AND ADD''L WORK. DURING L/G EXTEND/RETRACT TEST NOTED DURING EXT CYCLE, NOSE AND RT MLG EXTENDED NORMALLY, BUT LT FREE FELL. SDR 2000ZZZX648Pivot Assy · crackedSUBMITTER STATED FOUND FIVE OTHER PIVOTS WITH THE SAME CRACK. ALL OTHER PIVOTS HAVE 4,500 HOURS TOTAL TIME OR MORE. POSSIBLE CAUSE UNKNOWN. (X)SDR 20000504SH018Powerpack · failedDTW - AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE LEFT GEAR DOWN AND LOCK INDICATION. FLEW AIRCRAFT BACK TO CMH. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED HYDRAULIC POWER PACK. OPS CHECKED GOOD. (X)SDR 20000501SH031Housing · crackedHOUSING IS CRACKED AT THE RADIUS OF NR 1 PORT THREADS. POSSIBLE CAUSE: METAL FATIGUE. (X)SDR 2000ZZZX638Drag Brace · crackedDURING AN AFTER-FLIGHT INSPECTION OF THE NOSE WHEEL BAY AREA, A CRACK WAS NOTICED EXTENDING FROM THE LUBRICATOR UPON THE NLG BRACE. UPON INSPECTION, NOTED THIS NLG BRACE WAS OF THE OLDER STYLE.SDR ABXA000151Uplock · failedUNSATISFACTORY UPLATCH CHECK. BOTH MAINS UNSAFE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHT ON. RECYCLED GEAR, SECOND UPLATCH CHECK WAS GOOD. FERRIEDAIRCRAFT TO ILN, INSPECTED AND PERFORMED GEAR SWING IAW DC9 MM 32-60-0. NODEFECTS NOTED.SDR C2XA00IA052Switch · failedIAH - FLT 3533 - PILOT REPORTED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR BANGED AND WOULD NOT RETRACT. THE SYSTEM WAS RECYCLED AND THE GEAR RETRACTED NORMALLY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT IAH WHERE MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR UPLOCK PROXIMITY SWISDR 20000417SH016Link · crackedDURING ROUTINE INSPECTION, FOUND UPPER TORQUE LINK CRACKED. SUBMITTER STATED THIS PART NUMBER LINK WAS FOUND CRACKED ON ANOTHER T210L IN THE SAME FLEET. (X)SDR CA000313006Actuator · failed(CAN) LEFT UPLOCK ACTUATOR HAD BROKEN SPRING.SDR CA000313001Proximity Switch · dirty(CAN) NLG WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF. NLG RECYCLED NO FIX A/C LANDED. SLUSH IN GEAR GRAVEL DEFLECTOR, PROXIMITY SWITCH DIRTY, CLEANED AND SERVICEABLE.SDR GAIA00105Landing Gear · lack of lubeFLIGHT 740 - OKC - ON TAKEOFF LEFT GEAR DID NOT RETRACT. RECYCLED GEAR LIGHTS WENT OUT AFTER TOUCH AND GO LANDING. LEFT GEAR WAS SLOW TO RETRACT AND WHEN EXTENDED FOR LANDING DID NOT EXTEND. RECYCLED GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY. LUBED LEFT MLG AND BLED LEFT BRASDR 20000501SH032Housing · crackedHOUSING IS CRACKED ON THREE SIDES. POSSIBLE CAUSE: OVERSTRESSED, WEAKNESS IN CASTING, OR IMPROPERLY HANDLED. (X)SDR MALA000182Valve · failedCREW REPORTED AFTER SELECTING LANDING GEAR DOWN, INTRANSIT LIGHT REMAINED ON AND NONE OF THE 3 GREEN LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. HYD ENG CONTROL CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED. MX INSPECTED AC FOUND C/B F7 POPPED, MX REPLACED LANDING GEAR CONTROL VALVE IAW32-21-15-2. PNHSDR 20000424SH023Scissors · crackedDURING DETAILED LANDING GEAR INSPECTION, THE SCISSORS ON THE RT MAIN GEAR WERE FOUND CRACKED. THE CRACKS ARE LOCATED NEAR THE MACHINED RADIUS WHERE THE TWO SCISSORS CONNECT. IT WAS DETERMINED THE CRACKS WERE, OR COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE TORQUE KNEE BOLTSDR USAAF00023Sequence Valve · malfunctionedCLT-CMH - FLT 912 - AFTER TAKEOFF, THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED BUT THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DID NOT. FLIGHT RETURNED TO FIELD AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE MLG SEQUENCE VALVES. OPS AND LEAK CHECK OK. (M)SDR UPS00831923Control Valve · failedAFTER RETRACTING THE GEAR, GEAR UNLATCHED LIGHT ILLUMINATED. RECYCLED THE GEAR AND NOTED LEFT GEAR DOWN GREEN LIGHT ILLUMINATED IMMEDIATELY, THE RIGHT ALTERNATE DOORS LIGHT ILLUMINATED THEN WENT OUT. HOWEVER, THE LEFT ALT DOOR LIGHT NEVER ILLUMINATED. ALSO,SDR COMA0010036Sensor · malfunctionedNLG WOULD NOT RETRACT. REPLACED THE NLG DOWN LOCK SWITCH.SDR 20000501SH030Housing · crackedHOUSING HAS A CRACK IN THE CENTER OF PORT ''''D''''. CRACK IS ONLY VISIBLE AT HIGH PRESSURE. POSSIBLE CAUSE: FATIGUE, STRESS, AND/OR OVERPRESSURIZED. (X)SDR SWIA971726Harness · damagedAFTER GEAR RETRACTION AT RNO, LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND WITH NORMAL SYSTEM. OVERFLEW EKO AND LANDED IN SLC, USED ELECTRIC OVERIDE PROCEDURE PER QRH TO LOWER LANDING GEAR. REMOVED AND REPLACED RIGHT MLG SYSTEM A UPLOCK, DOWNLOCK WIRING HARNESS, OPS CHECK SDR MALA000202Switch · failedUPON DEPARTURE FROM DLH, GEAR HANDLE WOULD NOT MOVE, OVERRIDE SWITCH WAS USED, GEAR RETRACTED NORMALLY. MAINTENANCE LUBRICATED LT & RT MLG, REPLACED LANDING GEAR SELECTOR SWITCH IAW ARJ AMM 32-30-14-201. OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR 20000330SH003Rod End · failedRIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF. AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS AND AFTER PERFORMING A MANUAL EXTENSION OF GEAR, A GREEN LIGHT COULD NOT BE OBTAINED ON THE RIGHT GEAR. AFTER A GROUND VISUAL CHECK, IT APPEARED GEAR WAS DOWN. A LANDING WAS PESDR MALA000172Pin · installedAFTER TAKEOFF GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. RETURNED TO MSP. MX REMOVED GEARPINS FROM RT AND LT MAIN LANDING GEAR.SDR 20000427SH029Rod · crackedDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, FUNCTIONAL TEST OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR REVEALED THE LT MLG WAS NOT GOING ALL THE WAY UP INTO THE WELL LEAVING A 1.50 INCH CRACK BETWEEN THE MLG DOORS. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING, THE SUBJECT PART ACTUATING ROD WAS FOUND TO HAVE A PIECESDR CA000713003Clevis Pin · sheared(CAN) ON INSPECTION OF LANDING GEAR DOWNLOCK ACTUATOR THE RT CLEVIS PIN HALF WAS MISSING. THE CLEVIS PIN WAS REMOVED AND FOUND TO BE SHEARED. A NEW PIN WAS INSTALLED.ON FURTHER INSPECTIONS TWO OTHERS WERE FOUND SHEARED AND MANY OTHER BENT ON DIFERENT AIRCRAFT.SDR SWIA971722Landing Gear · malfunctionedAFTER TAKEOFF, LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. USED DOWNLOCK RELEASE TO RETRACT GEAR. RETURNED TO SEA. PUT AIRCRAFT ON JACKS AND SWUNG GEAR 20 TIMES. CLEANED CANNON PLUG CONNECTIONS AND PROXIMITY SENSORS IAW EMB MM 32-00-00. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE DISCREPANCSDR SWIA971719Harness · failedRIGHT MAIN FORWARD GEAR DOORS WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED TO RDM REMOVED AND REPLACED THE A SYSTEM UPLOCK HARNESS (RIGHT MAIN).
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