Service difficulty report · Spring · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
June 22, 2002
Submitted
June 25, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N578FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48458
Aircraft time
27,955 hours, 8,176 cycles
Part
Spring
Condition
Broken
Location
Lt Mlg Door
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

RED LIGHT IN BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LEFT MAIN GEAR AFTER TAKEOFF WHEN GEAR HANDLE IN THE UP POSITION. GEAR RECYCLED 3 TIMES, NO CHANGE. CONFORMED WITH QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOK. CHECKED LT LANDING GEAR THEN FOUND LEFT LANDING GEAR DOOR LATCH SPRING BROKEN. REF TO IPC 32-34-05-01 ITEM 50. FOUND SPRING ON LEFT DOOR LATCH MECHANISM BROKEN AND WAS CAUGHT ON THE LOCK MECHANISM. INSPECTED LOCK AND RELATED MECHANISM, NO DEFECTS FOUND. REPLACED SPRING ON LEFT MLG DOOR LATCH PER MM 32-34-03-4 AND ALTERNATE RELEASE CHECK FOR LT MLG DOOR C/O PER REF MM 32-32-00-5. LEFT MLG PROX SENSOR TEST C/O PER MM 32-61-15-5 AND TESTED OK. OK FOR SERVICE.

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