Service difficulty report · Actuator · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
September 22, 2002
Submitted
January 3, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N593FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48551
Aircraft time
32,788 hours, 5,228 cycles
Engine
Ge CF680
Part
Actuator
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
J, A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, BOTH PRIMARY (LIGHT BY HANDLE) AND SECONDARY (SYNOPTIC) SHOWED UNSAFE FOR LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WITH GEAR HANDLE UP. CYCLED GEAR, NO HELP. INDICATIONS OK WITH HANDLE DOWN. DUMPED FUEL, RETURNED FOR NORMAL LANDING. REMOVED AND REPLACED LEFT GEAR BRAKE LINE BRACKET SUPPORT ASSY, BOGIE BEAM TRIM ACTUATOR OPS CHECKED IAW MM, OPS NORMAL. PERFORMED OPS EXTENSION RETRACTION TEST ON LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR IAW MM. OPS, NORMAL. PERFORMED ANTISKID CONTROL UNIT TEST IAW MM. ALL TEST PASS.

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