JASC 3230
Service difficulty reports · 11,179
Reports filed under 3230 · Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System, newest first.
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SDR ABXA9900273Switch · intermittentRIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED UPLATCH CHECK ON INITIAL TRY. RECYCLED GEAR, OPS CHECKED GOOD. REPLACED RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR UP LIMIT SWITCH.SDR CA990412011Valve · failed(CAN) TOTAL 'A' SYSTEM HYDRAULIC SYSTEM LOSS - QUANTITY AND PRESSURE. MAIN GEAR LOCK OPERATED SEQUENCE VALVE FAILED. REPLACED.SDR AU990441Blowdown Bottle · failed(AUS) UNDERCARRIAGE EMERGENCY BLOW-DOWN BOTTLE DISCHARGE VALVE BLEW OFF THE BOTTLE. SUSPECT THAT THE BOTTLE HAD BEEN CHARGED WITH OXYGEN INSTEAD OF NITROGEN.SDR 20000714SH028Rod End · looseDURING ROUTINE ANNUAL INSP, FOUND EXCESSIVE PLAY AT ROLL PINS USED TO HOLD ROD ENDS IN PLACE FOR GEAR DOWN RETRACT/EXTENSION ROD ASSY AT LEAST .1250 INCH PLAY NOTED AT AFT END ALLOWING INNER TUBE INSERT FORE/AFT MOVEMENT WHERE ROLL PINS SECURE FWD END OF TUBE SDR DHL99804002Linkage · brokenLANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF. UNABLE TO VERIFY NOSE WHEEL ALIGNED, LEFT GEAR DOWN AND RETURNED FOR LANDING. FOUND GROUND SHIFT MECHANISM BROKEN. REMOVED AND REPLACED LINKAGE PER MM 32-23-1. CYCLED HANDLE WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED.SDR 99ZZZX2149Restrictor · misinstalledDURING ANNUAL INSP, EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM WAS DEPLOYED. THE RT MAIN GEAR CAME DOWN VIOLENTLY AND THE LT MAIN GEAR AND NOSE GEAR PARTIALLY DEPLOYED. INVEST REVEALED THE RESTRICTOR PN 67600-00 THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN THE RT MAIN GEAR RETURSDR 99ZZZX1615Rod End · failedNOSE GEAR ROD END FAILED UPON LANDING GEAR EXTENSION. NOSE GEAR CLEARED THE GEAR WELL, BUT FAILED TO DOWN AND LOCK. ROD END BROKE AND CAME FREE OF NOSE GEAR STRUT. ENSURE ALL PAINT HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM GEAR LINKAGE AND INSPECTION A REGULAR BASIS.SDR CA990330081Uplock · dirty & rusty(CAN) LEFT HAND LANDING GEAR HOOK FAILED TO MOVE INTO POSITION ON RETRACTION AFTER TAKEOFF. INVESTIGATION FOUND ACCUMULATED DIRT AND RUST ON THE UPLOCK ROD, TELESCOPIC END, UNDER THE DUST BOOT, CAUSING SLUGGISH OPERATION OF UPLOCK HOOK. IT IS TO BE NOTED THASDR ARWA990306Retract Mech · lack of lubeMIA - FLT 656 - AIR TURNBACK, ON UPLATCH CHECK, GEAR NOT LATCHED LIGHT ON. PROCEEDED WITH ABNORMAL CHECKLIST. WITH ENGINE PUMPS OFF, GEAR NOT LATCHED LIGHT CAME ON ABOUT 1 OR 2 MINUTES LATER. UNABLE TO DUMP FUEL ELECTRICALLY, MANUAL STARTED THEN GOT EXTREMELYSDR USAAF99017Valve · failedMCI - FLT 1075 - WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED FOR APPROACH INTO MCI, CREW RECEIVED A 'NOSE GEAR UNSAFE' WARNING AND THE GREEN 'NOSE' GEAR SAFE INDICATOR DID NOT ILLUMINATE. CREW RECYCLED THE LANDING GEAR AND ALL GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY. FLIGHT LANDED AT MCI SDR C2XA99IA192Retract Mech · malfunctionedTYR - DURING FLIGHT TRAINING, THE CREW REPORTED THAT THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION WAS INOPERATIVE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO IAH WHERE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED AN OPERATION CHECK OF THE AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. THE AIRCRAFT WSDR 99ZZZX1423Uplock · crackedDURING REPLACEMENT OF THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR, THE PIN RETAINER FOR THE ACTUATOR/UPLOCK WAS FOUND CRACKED UNDER THE HEAD OF THE RETAINING BOLT. SUBMITTER STATED IF FAILURE HAD OCCURRED, IT MAY HAVE GONE UNDETECTED FOR SOME TIME DUE TO THE LOCATION. MALFUNCTION SDR USAAF99014Retract Mech · iced upIND - FLT 569 - ON APPROACH TO IND WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN, THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED. CREW PERFORMED A GO AROUND PROCEDURE AND RECYCLED THE LANDING GEAR BUT THE GEAR STILL DID NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED. AN ALTERNATE GSDR TWAA9904012Bolt · corrodedDURING OP 16 MAINT CHECK, FOUND RT MAIN LANDING GEAR PULLEY QUADRANT ON FWD O/B BULKHEAD CABLE GUIDE PIN HAD CORRODED BOLT AND NUT. REPLACED BOLTS AND BUSHINGS AND CLEANED LARGE GUIDE PINS, AND REPLACED SMALL GUIDE PINS PER SPM 6-30-7.SDR C2XA99IA190Wheel · out of positionIAH - FLT 4126 - ON CLIMB, THE CREW REPORTED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. A FLY-BY OF THE TOWER WAS PERFORMED AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE NOSE WHEELS WERE TURNED AT A NINTY DEGREE ANGLE TO THE STRUT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT IAH WITHOUT INCIDENT, WSDR 99ZZZX1443Support · looseDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, ALL 4 NAS565-33 BOLTS LT AND RT SIDE WERE FOUND LOOSE ALLOWING THE MLR SADDLE AND SHIMS TO MOVE.SDR CA990323009Torque Link · broken(CAN) THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING TAKEOFF, A VIBRATION WAS NOTICED. WHILE IN CLIMB, THE PILOT TRIED TO SELECT 'GEAR UP', BUT THE SELECTOR DETENT KEPT THE SELECTOR IN THE 'DOWN' POSITION. ON INSPECTION, THE REAR LUG ON THE LEFT MLG UPPER TORQUE LINK WAS FOUSDR 99ZZZX1948Sector Gear · crackedRIGHT MAIN GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT IN-FLIGHT. UPON INSPECTION, THE MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR WAS FOUND CRACKED. THE PINION GEAR WITHIN THE HOUSING WAS DRIVEN OUT BY THE SECTOR GEAR. THE SECTOR GEAR TEETH WERE WORN, POSSIBLY ENOUGH TO CAUSE THE GEARS TO SKIP. SUBMISDR USAAD99044Retract Mech · iced upBUF-LGA - FLT 1731 - AFTER TAKEOFF AND LANDING GEAR RETRACTION THE LEFT GEAR INDICATED UNSAFE. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE FIELD AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE LANDING GEARS COVERED WITH ICE SLUSH. ALL THREE LANDING GEAR WERE DEICED AND OSDR ABXA9900186Mechanism · lack of lubeCOULD NOT RETRACT GEAR AFTER TAKEOFF. OVER RODE GEAR HANDLE RELEASE AND PUT HANDLE IN UP POSITION. AUTO PRESSURE WAS INOPERATIVE, AUTO SPOILER 'DO NOT USE' LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. FOLLOWED ABNORMAL PROCEDURES. LUBRICATED GROUND SHIFT MECHANICAL SECTOR.SDR 99UAL900149Actuator · brokenUNABLE TO RAISE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. RETURNED TO FIELD. AMBER ALERT DECLARED. *S/D* TRUCK POSITION ACTUATOR FOUND LEAKING INTERNALLY AT PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE. REPLACED ACTUATOR.SDR 9900889878Restrictors · failedAPPROACHING TO LAND AT MSP, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. FLIGHT CREW FOLLOWED COM PROCEDURES AND ACTIVATED THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION LEVER, LANDING GEAR EXTENDED SUCCESSFULLY. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED 2 HYDRSDR C2XA99BT007Lgeu · malfunctionedLG AIR/GND FAIL MESSAGE IN FLIGHT. REMOVED AND REPLACED LANDING GEAR ELECTRONIC UNIT (LGEU) IAW EMB145 MM 32-32-01. OPS CHECK GOOD. THIS WAS AN AIR RETURN. (M)SDR MALA976388Control Unit · failedWHEN GEAR SELECTED DOWN, GEAR MOTOR RAN CONTINUOUSLY WITH NO GEAR EXTENSION, FOUND F7 CB POPPED, RESET CB, GEAR FUNCTIONED NORMAL. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED LANDING GEAR CONTROL UNIT AND CB AT F7 (P/N M53320-5). ALL CHECKS GOOD.SDR CA990330077Valve · failed(CAN) GEAR SELECTED UP, UNSAFE INDICATION. VIBRATION. RETURNED TO TORONTO. NOSE GEAR SELECTOR VALVE, DOOR SELECTOR VALVE REPLACED.SDR ABXA9900185Control Cable · lack of lubeUNABLE TO LOWER GEAR LEVER. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, WAS ABLE TO MOVE LEVER TO DOWN POSITION AND GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY. SUSPECT ICE FORMED AROUND LANDING GEAR EXTENSION CONTROL CABLES. CLEANED WATER FROM AREA AND LUBRICATED CABLES.SDR 99ZZZX1368Pin · mismanufacturedWHILE ACCOMPLISHING LT MAIN GEAR SIDE BRACE FITTING PIN INSPECTION, INSP REQUIRED THE SIDE BRACE ACTUATOR BE REMOVED TO INSPECT THE UPPER SIDE BRACE PIN. INSP REQUIRED TO CHECK AND INSPECT PIN, BUSHING, AND ATTACHING HARDWARE FOR CORROSION, GALLING AND FRETTISDR 99ZZZX1190Switch · out of adjustPILOT HAD NOT LEFT GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT, TRIED TO REPLACE THE BULB. WHEN TRYING TO REPLACE THE BULB, THE CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. THE PILOT CYCLED GEAR TO THE UP POSITION ELECTRICALLY, THEN PULLED THE GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER AND PUT THE GEAR DOWN WISDR 99ZZZM235Sensor · failedFLT 9149 - FPO-FLL, LANDING GEAR WILL NOT EXTEND HAD TO MANUALLY EXTEND GEAR. REPLACED HYDRAULIC LOW LEVEL SWITCH. PERFORMED LANDING GEAR EXTENSION/RETRACTION CHECK. OPS CHECK NORMAL. (M)SDR UF6A990307Uplock · contaminatedYNG - FLT 5712 - GREEN LIGHT ON NOSE GEAR REMAINED ILLUMINATED WHEN GEAR WAS RETRACTED. MAINTENANCE CLEANED THE NOSE GEAR UPLOCK MICROSWITCH. PERFORMED GEAR EXTENSION AND RETRACTION TEST. SYSTEM OPS CHECKED GOOD. (X)SDR MALA976386Uplock · iced upGEAR WOULD NOT LOCK UP AFTER DEPARTURE. RETURNED TO DTW. MAINTENANCE NOTED ICE ON ALL THREE GEAR UPLOCK ROLLERS. DEICED AFFECTED AREAS. TEST FLIGHT SATISFACTORY. ALL CHECKS GOOD.SDR MALA976380Relay · failedLANDING GEAR INOP, HYD QUANTITY AND PRESSURE NORMAL. CB F7 (LANDING CONTROL) POPPED AS GEAR HANDLE BROUGHT DOWN. SEPARATION BOLTS FIRED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED 20GA LOCKED DOWN RELAY AND SEPARATION BOLTS. OPS CHECKS PER IAW 32-30-00.SDR MALA976378Retract Mech · iced upLANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF, FOLLOWED QRH, CYCLED GEAR 3 TIMES. RETURNED TO DTW. MAINTENANCE REMOVED ICE FROM LANDING GEAR AND COMPLETED GEAR SWINGS. ALL CHECKS GOOD.SDR C2XA99CL026Retract Mech · malfunctionedCLE - FLT 4053 - CREW REPORTED THAT THEY RECEIVED A LANDING GEAR DISAGREEMENT AFTER LIFT OFF, AND AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE FIELD WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE LANDING GEAR SYSDR MALA976381Switch · failedON GEAR RETRACTION THE INTRANSIT LIGHT AND HYDRAULIC PUMP REMAINED ON, CREW COMPLIED WITH QRH. RETURNED TO CID. MAINTENANCE CLEANED CANNON PLUGS AT UPLOCK SWITCHES, FUNCTION CHECK GOOD. REPLACED HYD PRESSURE SWITCH AND DISCHARGED PRESSURE IN AUTO MODE AND SSDR C2XA99CL024Mlg · contaminatedCLE - FLT 4115 - CREW REPORTED THAT AFTER TAKEOFF, THEY RECEIVED A LANDING GEAR DISAGREEMENT WARNING. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE FIELD WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE LANDING GEAR AND FOUND LARGE QUANTITIES OF SNOW AND ICE IN THE WHEELWELLSSDR 99ZZZX1411Torque Tube · crackedRT AND LT MLG TORQUE TUBES WERE REMOVED DURING INSTALLATION OF SK414-8E. BOTH WERE FOUND CRACKED AT THE WELD AREA FOR THE FORK BOLT BOSS.SDR 99ZZZX1410Torque Tube · crackedRT AND LT MLG TORQUE TUBES WERE REMOVED DURING INSTALLATION OF SK414-8E. BOTH WERE FOUND CRACKED AT THE WELD AREA FOR THE FORK BOLT BOSS.SDR 99ZZZX1194Mount · failedMOUNT ASSEMBLY - HYDRAULIC JACK NOSE GEAR, P/N 95724-2. PART FAILED DURING TAKEOFF. PRELIMINARY INSPECTION FOUND MOUNT ASSEMBLY TORN WHERE HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR BOLTS TO MOUNT. THE RESULTING DAMAGE CAUSED THE DOWNLOCK TO SHIFT AND RELEASE TENSION ON THE LINK ASDR 99ZZZM238Circuit Breaker · trippedFLT 9233 - FLL-EYW - LANDING GEAR WOULD NTO GO DOWN. HAD TO PUMP DOWN. INSPECTED SYSTEM. FOUND 60 AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER IN LEFT NACELLE TO BE TRIPPED. RESET CIRCUIT BREAKER. PERFORMED SEVERAL SATISFACTORY RETRACTION CHECKS. (M)SDR 99FDEA00083Valve · inopGEAR HANDLE PLACED IN OFF POSITION, NOSE GEAR DOOR LIGHT AND MAIN GEAR DOOR LIGHT ILLUM. *S/D* REMOVED AND REPLACED LANDING GEAR ASSY UNIT PER MM 32-09-221. REMOVED AND REPLACED MLG SEL VALVE PER 32-31-03-4. AC OK TO CONTINUE.SDR 99ZZZX1924Fitting · looseDURING ROUTINE INSPECTION, NOTICED ONE OF FOUR HUCK BOLTS, ON RT NLG DRAG LEG FITTING, BROKE AND ALL BUT ONE ON BOTH LT AND RT FITTINGS WERE LOOSE. REMOVED ALL EIGHT HUCKBOLTS FROM FITTINGS AND INSTALLED NAS464-PE-LA4 AND NAS464-P3-LA5 BOLTS WITH SELF-LOCKINGSDR 99ZZZX1923Fitting · looseDURING ROUTINE INSPECTION, NOTICED ONE OF FOUR HUCK BOLTS, ON RT NLG DRAG LEG FITTING, BROKE AND ALL BUT ONE ON BOTH LT AND RT FITTINGS WERE LOOSE. REMOVED ALL EIGHT HUCKBOLTS FROM FITTINGS AND INSTALLED NAS464-P3-LA4 AND NAS464-P3-LA5 BOLTS WITH SELF-LOCKINGSDR TWAA9903204Retract Mech · lack of lubeDURING GEAR EXTENSION FOR LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND NOR DID THE NOSE GEAR DOORS OPEN. RECYCLED THE GEAR LEVER AND GEAR EXTENDED. LUBED THE NOSE GEAR, JACKED THE NOSE GEAR AND CYCLED SEVERAL TIMES. OPERATION FOUND NORMAL.SDR HNAA9900029Valve · inopGEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND ON FIRST TWO ATTEMPTS. REPLACED LANDING GEAR SELECTOR VALVE.SDR CA990308022Spacer · missing(CAN) PILOT APPARENTLY HAVING A BRAKE PROBLEM AFTER LANDING. IT TURNED OUT THAT THE LEFT HAND GEAR LINKS OR SCISSORS HAD SEPARATED AS IF DISCONNECTED. THE OVERSIZE RETAINING WASHER WAS MISSING.SDR 99ZZZX1455Screw · wornDURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, NOTED 2 OF 4 MAIN GEAR RETRACT BRACE, PIVOT PIN, RETAINER SCREWS WERE ABLE TO ROTATE. REMOVED AND FOUND THE THREADS WORN FROM THE SHEAR ACTION OF THE PIN. CORRECTED PROBLEM BY INSTALLING NEW ANS525R-832R8 SCREWS WHICH HAVE A SHOULDSDR 99ZZZX1081Screw · wornDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, FOUND 2 OF 4 MAIN GEAR RETRACT BRACE, PIVOT PIN, RETAINER SCREWS, WERE ABLE TO ROTATE. REMOVED AND FOUND THE THREADS WORN FROM THE SHEAR ACTION OF THE PIN. CORRECTED PROBLEM BY INSTALLING NEW A/N525R-832R8 SCREWS WHICH HAVE A SHOULDSDR UPS99828764Retract Mech · out of adjustINSPECTION TYPE-N/A, THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER T/O. RAN THE GEAR HANDLE JAMMED CHECKLIST. THE GEAR RETRACTED AFTER PUSHING THE GEAR HANDLE LATCH FLIGHT RELEASE BUTTON. FOUND THE NOSE GEAR GROUND SHIFT MECHANISIM WOULDN'T PULL THE ANTI-RETRACTSDR SCNA99042Solenoid · intermittentDURING CLIMBOUT, THE GEAR HANDLE WOULD NOT RETRACT PAST THE OFF POSITION. ALL OTHER INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. ACTIVATING THE OVERRIDE TRIGGER WOULD RETRACT THE GEAR NORMALLY. FOUND GEAR LEVER SOLENOID TO BE INTERMITTENT. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE SOLENOID.
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