Service difficulty report · Uplock Switch · Boeing 727200

Difficulty date
April 2, 2003
Submitted
April 4, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N265FE
Make and model
Boeing 727200
Aircraft serial
21671
Aircraft time
45,213 hours, 26,453 cycles
Part
Uplock Switch
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FLIGHT TEST. AIR BORNE WITH GEAR UP AND LDG GEAR HANDLE IN OFF POSITION, RED NOSE GEAR LIGHT COMES ON BRIGHT, AND GREEN NOSE GEAR LT COMES ON DIM. NO OTHER GEAR OR DOOR LIGHTS ON. NO LIGHTS ON S/O PANEL. LOG BOOK ENTRY REQ. UPON TROUBLESHOOTING NLG FOUND LOCK & POSITION SWITCH TO BE INOP. REMOVED AND REPLACED NLG LOCK & POSITION SWITCH IAW FED-EX M/M 32-61-071-4. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL TEST IAW FED-EX M/M 32-33-000-5. CHECKED OUT GOOD. SWITCH ROBBED FROM A/C N266FE.

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