Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 727200

Difficulty date
January 29, 2004
Submitted
January 30, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N223FE
Make and model
Boeing 727200
Aircraft serial
20935
Aircraft time
53,595 hours, 33,358 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg Indicator
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

RED NOSE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ON FOLLOWING GEAR RETRACTION; FOLLOWED RED TABS & RETURNED TO VLN FOR LANDING. REMOVED AND REPLACED NOSE GEAR LOCK SWITCH & POSITION SWITCH. PERFORMED ADJUSMENT/TEST, NO HELP. REMOVED AND REPLACED LANDING GEAR ACCESSORY UNIT AND PERFORMED NOSE GEAR LOCK AND POSITION SWITCH ADJUSMENT/TEST AS PER MM 32-61-071-4 AND DIDN'T HELP. ALSO PERFORMED WIRING CHECK BETWEEN LOCK SWITCH AND NOSE GEAR WHEEL WEEL CANNON PLUG AND FOUND WIRE C-BROKEN. FIXED WIRE-C AS PER 727-200 SWPM. REINSTALLED ORIGINAL LANDING GEAR ACCESSORY UNIT. PERFORMED NOSE GEAR LOCK AND POSITION SWITCH ADJUSMENT/TEST, AND NOSE GEAR RED LIGHT WORKED PROPERLY WITH LANDING GEAR IN UP POSITION.

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