Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 727233

Difficulty date
September 22, 2005
Submitted
September 26, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N265FE
Make and model
Boeing 727233
Aircraft serial
21671
Aircraft time
47,879 hours, 28,595 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Deteriorated
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON T/O FROM MSN, PLACED GEAR HANDLE TO UP, GEAR RETRACTED AND ALL LIGHTS EXTINGUSIHED NORMALLY, HOWEVER WHEN THE GEAR HANDLE WAS PLACED TO OFF, THE RED DOOR LIGHT ON FWD PANEL AND RT MAIN GEAR DOOR LIGHT ON S/O PANEL ILLUMINATED. REMOVED THE CANON PLUG FROM THE RT LANDING GEAR DOOR SWITCH AND FOUND THE PLUG DETERIORATED AND SATURATED WITH HYDRAULIC FLUID. REMOVED THE CANON PLUG AND CLEANED THE CONTACTS WITH CONTACT CLEANER INSTALLED THE NEW PLUG IAW THE B727-200 WDM 32-60-04-PLUG(D752).