JASC 3230
Service difficulty reports · 11,181
Reports filed under 3230 · Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System, newest first.
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SELECT sdr_id, difficulty_date, n_number, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, part_name, part_condition, jasc_code, discrepancy FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_service_difficulty_report.parquet' WHERE jasc_code = '3230' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
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SDR AALA950536Sensor · defectiveSJU - FLT 0105 - AFTER TAKEOFF FROM BOS LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT WHILE IN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM 2. SWITCHED TO HYDRAULIC SYSTEM 1 AND GEAR RETRACTED SUCCESSFULLY. LANDING SJU WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED PROXIMITY UNIT AND CLEANED PROXIMITY TARGETS. SYSTEM SDR WTAA950133Uplock Actuator · out of adjustSFO - AFTER TAKEOFF LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO STATION WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT FERRIED TO FAT FOR REPAIRS. MAINTENANCE ADJUSTED LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR UPLOCK ACTUATOR. LANDING GEAR OPERATION NORMAL ON GESDR ORJA9523Bolt · brokenFOUND LT MLG RETRACT CYLINDER LOWER ATTACH LINK BOLT BROKEN. OUTBOARD BOLT WAS OKAY DURING PREFLIGHT CHECK. REPLACED LOWER RETRACTION LINK BOLT PER MM 32-00-00 LEFT GEAR. (X)SDR C2XA95CL050Control Handle · malfunctionFLT NR 3142 - DTW-CLE - AFTER COMPLETION OF PARKING CHECKLIST GEAR HANDLE RETRACTED ON ITS OWN. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL HANDLE IAW EMB-120 MM 32-31-03. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (Z)SDR 95ZZZX1906Idler Arm · crackedDURING NOSE GEAR RIGGING, FOUND NOSE GEAR RETRACT IDLER ARM CRACKED AT THE INBOARD SIDE OF THE RIGHT ATTACHMENT EAR. THE LOCATION OF THIS PART IS ON THE RIGHT INSIDE NOSE GEAR WALL AT APPROXIMATELY STA 54. THIS AREA IS COVERED BY NOSE RETRACT ROD BOOT AND ALSDR 95ZZZW339Retract Sys · req'd lubeBOS - AFTER TAKEOFF NOSE LANDING GEAR DID NOT RETRACT. CYCLED LANDING GEAR, AND NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. INSPECTED NOSE LANDING GEAR AND LUBRICATED. JACKED NOSE LANDING GEAR AND OPERATED NOSE LANDING GEAR SEVERAL TIMES AND ALL OPERATIONS WERE NORMAL.SDR MZZA9513Sensor · failedGUM - FLT 990 - LANDING GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO GUM. MAINTENANCE FOUND SENSOR M-682 GROUND SENSOR SHORTED. REPLACED SENSOR PER MM 32-09-221. SYSTEM CHECKED GOOD AND GEAR RETRACTION CHECKED NORMAL. (X)SDR 95ZZZW338Cylinder · crackedSTL - AFTER TAKEOFF LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR UNSAFE AND GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED WITH GEAR HANDLE IN THE UP POSITION. FOUND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR BUNGEE CYLINDER, MFG P/N 3914016-5503 CRACKED. REPLACED LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR BUNGEE CYLINDER.SDR 95ZZZW337Module · lever stickingLAX - DURING APPROACH WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED, UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. CYCLED LANDING GEAR AND INDICATION WAS NORMAL. FOUND LANDING GEAR MODULE, MFG P/N 257T1103-15, EXTEND/RETRACT LEVER STICKING. CLEANED AND LUBRICATED LANDING GEAR MODULESDR PCAA9500206Seq Valve · failedWHEN LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED, NOSE GEAR ADVISORY LIGHT REMAINED ON. THE GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN PER THE CHECK LIST; THE MAIN GEAR CAME DOWN AND LOCKED, THE NOSE GEAR INDICATED UNSAFE. THE CREW PERFORMED AN ALTERNATE EXTENSION. INSPECTED WIRING HARNESS FORSDR COM11833Connector · defectiveLANDING GEAR CONTROL CANNOT BE SELECTED TO UP POSITION. REPLACED DEFECTIVE WOW PROXIMITY SENSOR WIRING CONNECTOR AT RT MLG.SDR COM11826Connector · defectiveLANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. REPLACED THE WOW PROXIMITY SENSOR WIRING CONNECTOR ON THE RT MLG.SDR 9504342705Landing Acc Unit · failedDURING DEPARTURE CLIMB UPON LANDING GEAR RETRACTION, RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. FLIGHT RETURNED TO DTW WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LANDING GEAR ACCESSORY UNIT. OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL.SDR WWMA9500032Shuttle Valve · defectiveFLIGHT 3348 SBP/LAX, PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER TAKEOFF THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE FIELD AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DETERMINED THAT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR RADIUS ROD SHUTTLE VALVE HAD FAILED. SDR SIMA950731Swivel · crackedAFTER TAKEOFF, CREW NOTICED HYDRAULIC PUMP GRINDING AND RT MAIN GEAR NEVER UNLOCKED. HYDRAULIC SYSTEM PRESSURE WENT TO ZERO, SO CREW PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY EXTENSION OF LT MAIN AND NOSE GEARS. THE CREW RETURNED TO CID AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER INSPSDR 95ZZZW484Handle · corrodedEMERGENCY GEAR RELEASE HANDLE CORRODED AND REMOVED TRANSFERRED TO W/O BQ8970 FOR REPAIR, REF W/C NR 2250 FOR HANDLE INSTALLATION.SDR AWXA9500137Relay · inopPHX - FLT 445 - AFTER TAKEOFF AND DURING CLIMB, THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL LEVER WOULD NOT RAISE PAST THE OFF DETENT TO RETRACT THE GEAR. CREW MADE NO ATTEMPT TO OVERRIDE THE LOCKOUT AND ELECTED TO RETURN TO PHOENIX. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. SDR WTAA950121Relay Contl Box · failedMRY - LANDING GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO STATION WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT FERRIED TO FAT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED LANDING GEAR RELAY CONTROL BOX. ACCOMPLISHED LANDING GEAR RETRACTION CHECK ON GROUND. LANDING GEAR OPERATION ASDR WTAA950118Retract Mech · malfunctionedRDD - LANDING GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO STATION WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT FERRIED TO FAT. MAINTENANCE SERVICED NOSE LANDING GEAR, PW 1973000011, IAW MM 32-21-01. ACCOMPLISHED LANDING GEAR RETRACTION CHECK ON GROUND. LANDISDR 95ZZZW630Control Valve · failedFLT 102 - GEAR WILL NOT EXTEND HYDRAULICALLY, USED EMERGENCY BOTTLE, WORKS OK. REMOVED AND REPLACED SELECTOR VALVE, BLED SYSTEM, LEAK CHECK OPS CHECKS GOOD. BLOW DOWN SYSTEM RESERVICED. AIRCRAFT TEST FLOWN SATISFACTORY AND RELEASED TO REVENUE SERVICE.SDR VTZA95102Uplock Assy · dirtyIAD-CRW - FLT 6375 - DURING CLIMBOUT, THE RT MLG UNLOCKED LIGHT WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH AFTER GEAR SELECTED UP. RECYCLED GEAR, STILL WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH. ACFT RETURNED TO IAD WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENTS. MAINTENANCE CLEANED GEAR LEG FREE OF SNOW AND ICE, CLEANESDR VTZA95096Retract Mech · iced upFLT 6536 - IAD-LYH - DURING CLIMB-OUT RETURNED TO IAD DUE TO THE RT MAIN INTRANSIT LIGHT WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH AFTER GEAR WAS RETRACTED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO IAD WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENTS. MAINTENANCE FOUND GEAR ICED UP. MAINTENANCE DE-ICED LANDING GEAR AND SDR VTZA95095Retract Mech · iced upFLT 6206 - IAD-CMH - DURING CLIMB-OUT RETURNED TO IAD DUE TO THE RT MAIN INTRANSIT LIGHT WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH AFTER GEAR WAS RETRACTED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO IAD WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENTS. MAINTENANCE FOUND GEAR ICED UP. MAINTENANCE DE-ICED LANDING GEAR AND SDR VTZA95094Retract Mech · iced upFLT 6547 - IAD TO LYH - DURING CLIMB-OUT RETURNED TO IAD DUE TO THE RT MAIN INTRANSIT LIGHT WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH AFTER GEAR WAS RETRACTED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO IAD WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENTS. MAINTENANCE FOUND GEAR ICED UP. MAINTENANCE DE-ICED LANDING GEAR ASDR USAA950237Control Cable · frozenDTW - FLT 1698 - LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF. CREW RETURNED TO DTW WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND LANDING GEAR CONTROL CABLE IN THE RIGHT WHEEL WELL FROZEN. THE OBSTRUCTION WAS CLEANED. AIRCRAFT OKAY FOR SERVICE. (X)SDR MALA954368Uplock Act · failedFLT 3462 - ON APPROACH TO DTW, THE LEFT GEAR DID NOT SHOW DOWN AND LOCKED. THE CREW PERFORMED AN ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT IN DTW. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE UPLOCK ACTUATOR. SYSTEM OPERATED SATISFACTORILY. (W)SDR CAL950186Hyd Trans Cyl · inoperativeFLT NR 0777 - IAH - THE NLG TOOK APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS LONGER TO EXTEND THAN THE MLG, ON APPROACH TO IAH. WHEN THE NOSE GEAR DID EXTEND IT WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A BANG. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NLG HYDRAULIC TRANSFER CYLINDER AT FAULT. THE TRANFER CYLINDER WASSDR 95ZZZX1659Roller · dirtyFLT 4175 - CREW SELECTED GEAR 'UP' DURING CLIMB-OUT, UNSAFE GEAR LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED FOR BOTH LT AND RT MLG. CREW SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND RETURNED TO THE FIELD. PIT MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND FOUND ICE AND SAND CONTAMINATION IN RT MLG UPLOCK ROSDR 95ZZZX1657Roller · contaminatedFLT 4003 - UNABLE TO EXTINGUISH 'RED' INTRANSIT LIGHT AFTER TAKEOFF WHEN GEAR WAS RETRACTED. RETURNED TO FIELD WITHOUT INCIDENT. PIT MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND DISCOVERED ICE AND SAND CONTAMINATION IN RT MLG UPLOCK ROLLER. CLEANED AND LUBRICATED ROLSDR IXXA199522Rod End · fracturedAFTER LANDING AT TOL, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE RT MLG ACTUATOR ROD END HAD FAILED DURING THE LAST LANDING GEAR EXTENSION. THE ROD END DID NOT, HOWEVER, FAIL IN THE THREADS. THE EYE ITSELF FRACTURED ADJACENT TO THE THREADED SHANK. A PREVIOUSLY EXISTING CRACK ORISDR ASAA9580042Cntl Valve · defectivePDX - FLT 561 - ON ARRIVAL, THE CREW REPORTED THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT EXTEND DURING APPROACH, ALL GEAR POSITION LIGHTS WERE RED AND GEAR WARNING HORN ON. ACCOMPLISHED GO-AROUND AND LANDING GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY ON SECOND APPROACH. REPLACED THE LANDING GEARSDR 95ZZZX1701Link Assy · bentTOP SCISSOR LINK FOUND BOWED DOWNWARD. SUSPECT CAUSE AS REPEATED NOSE STRUT EXTENSIONS EXERTING PULL-DOWN PRESSURE ON UPPER LINK, WHICH HAS A STOP BLOCK PN 1243038-1, ATTACHED TO IT, PREVENTING OVER EXTENSION.SDR 95ZZZX1700Link Assy · crackedTOP SCISSOR LINK FOUND CRACKED ON BOTTOM SIDE. SUSPECT REPEATED NOSE STRUT EXTENSIONS EXERTING PULL-DOWN PRESSURE ON UPPER LINK, WHICH INCORPORATES A STOP BLOCK, PREVENTING OVER EXTENSION.SDR 95ZZZW493Main Gear · iced upLEFT GEAR STAYED DOWN COULD FEEL THE YAW, SHOWED GEAR GEAR INTRANSIT. CLEANED ICE FROM GEAR, SWUNG GEAR SEVERAL TIMES. (W)SDR 95ZZZW492Main Gear · iced upBOTH MAIN GEAR INDICATED INTRANSIT AFTER MAIN GEAR RETRACTION. SUBSEQUENT EXTENSION NORMAL. REMOVED ICE FROM LANDING GEAR AREA. SWUNG GEAR SEVERAL TIMES. OPS CHECKED OK. (W)SDR 95ZZZW274Rod End · brokenSHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, PILOT WAS ADVISED THAT THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT FULLY RETRACT, WHILE THE MAINS DID. ATTEMPTS TO 'SHAKE' THE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED FAILED. ACFT LANDED WITH NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. ACFT SUFFERED DAMAGE TO GEAR DOORS, NOSE COWL AND PROP.SDR 95ZZZW347Actuator · brokenNOSE GEAR DOWNLOCK ACTUATOR UPPER ATTACH FITTING BROKEN. REMOVED AND REPLACED DOWNLOCK ACTUATOR IAW MM 32-33-21. (W)SDR 95FDEA00207Retract Mech · lack of lubeON FINAL APPROACH, NOSE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND WHEN GEAR HANDLE WAS LOWERED, GEAR WAS RAISED AND WHEN EXTENDED AGAIN, ALL GEAR LOCKED DOWN NORMALLY. INSPECTED NOSE GEAR COMPONENTS NO DAMAGE, FOUND WATER AND ICE IN KNUCKLE, LUBED KNUCKLE, OK FOR SERVICE.SDR COM11807Valve · defectiveLEFT MLG DID NOT FULLY RETRACT, RED INTRANSIT LIGHTS REMAINED ON. REPLACED THE LANDING GEAR SOLENOID VALVE.SDR MALA954355Retract Mech · lack of lubeDTW - FLT 3118 - ON APPROACH, LEFT GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT TOOK THIRTY SECONDS LONGER TO EXTINGUISH THAN THE RIGHT. MAINTENANCE WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE DISCREPANCY. THE UPLOCK ROLLER WAS CLEANED AND LUBED. SYSTEM OPERATED SATISFACTORILY. (X)SDR MALA954354Switch · out of adjustTOL - FLT 3393 - ON CLIMB-OUT, LEFT GEAR CONTINUED TO CYCLE AFTER GEAR RETRACTION. THE CREW CYCLED GEAR AND THE PROBLEM RECURRED. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DTW AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE ADJUSTED THE LEFT GEAR 'UP' POSITION SWITCH. SYSTEM OPESDR MALA954353Retract Mech · malfunctionedMSP - FLT 3203 - ON APPROACH, LEFT MAIN GEAR TOOK 30 SECONDS LONGER THAN THE RIGHT TO INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED. MAINTENANCE WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE DISCREPANCY. SYSTEM OPERATED SATISFACTORILY. (X)SDR 95ZZZX1699Pin · crackedNOSE GEAR DOWNLOCK PIN, LT SIDE, CRACKED AT ROLL PIN GROOVE ALLOWING PIN TO VIBRATE TOWARD NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR SHAFT STOPPING NOSE GEAR FROM LOCKING DOWN.SDR 95ZZZX1415Clevis Pin · failedNOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. THIS AIRCRAFT HAD AN STC INSTALLED WHERE NOSE DOORS ARE MECHANICALLY HOOKED TO THE NOSE GEAR. THE HYDRAULIC CYLINDER THAT PULLS THE UPLOCK HOOK TO RELEASE THE NOSE GEAR AND DOORS, CLEVIS PIN, MS20392-1C21, HAD EITHER FALLEN OUT ORSDR 95ZZZX1308Scissors · failedLEFT MLG COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLL. GEAR COLLAPSED DUE TO SCISSORS BOLT AND BUSHINGS SLIDING OUT OF SCISSORS, THEREFORE, ALLOWING MAIN WHEEL TO ROTATE SIDEWAYS AND SUBSEQUENTLY BREAKING GEAR FROM ITS MOUNT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED CORRECT HARDWARE INSTALLED ASDR 95ZZZX1435Torque Tube · crackedDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, RIGHT MLG TORQUE TUBE WAS FOUND CRACKED. THE CRACK IS APROXIMATELY .3750 INCH LONG AND IS LOCATED ON THE WELD AT THE BOSS FOR THE FORK BOLTS. THE CRACK WAS DETECTED BY A VISIBLE LINE, (RUSTY), IN THE PAINT ON THE PART. LIQUID PENETSDR 95ZZZX1293Spacer · stud fracturedPILOT REPORTED NO NOSE GEAR LIGHT. GROUND PERSONNEL REPORTED SEEING THE NOSE GEAR OUT. UPON LANDING, AIRCRAFT STARTED LEFT. WHEN CORRECTION WAS MADE, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. INVESTIGATION FOUND THE SHIMMY DAMPENER ROD END UNATTACHED AT THE STRUT COLLAR ASSDR 95ZZZW229Support · brokenJFK - AFTER TAKEOFF WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED, THE INTRANSIT LIGHT REMAINED ON AND NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE WHEN LANDING GEAR SELECTOR PLACED IN NEUTRAL. FOUND NOSE LANDING GEAR UPLOCK SUPPORT BROKEN, MFG P/N 1506362-101. REPLACED SDR COM11803Sensor · defectiveLANDING GEAR WILL NOT RETRACT. REPLACED DEFECTIVE PROXIMITY SENSOR ON LT MLG UPLOCK.SDR RAAAE895004Fulcrum · crackedDIVERTED TO CDB DUE ON TAKEOFF FROM DUT, NLG FAILED TO FULLY RETRACT AND MADE A LOUD BANGING NOISE. AIRCRAFT FERRIED TO ANCH. ANCH MAINTENANCE FOUND LEFT AFT SIDE OF CROSS HEAD FULCRUM CRACKED APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH FROM INBOARD END OF PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED R
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