Service difficulty report · Bearing · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
October 6, 2005
Submitted
October 6, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N598FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48597
Aircraft time
43,586 hours, 6,518 cycles
Part
Bearing
Condition
Worn
Location
Mlg Push Rod
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

UPON GEAR EXTENSION DURING APPROACH ALL FOUR GEARS INDICATED UNSAFE AND NO EXTENSION. GEAR HANDLE RECYCLED UP AND DOWN AGAIN WITH GEAR EXTENSION BEING ABOUT ONE FOURTH THE SPEED OF NORMAL GEAR EXTENSION. SEQUENCE OF DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATIONS WERE NOSE, CENTER, LEFT, THEN RIGHT. REMOVED AND REPLACED RT MAIN GEAR DOOR POSITION FOLLOW UP PUSH ROD BEARING PER REF TO MD-11 MM CHAPTER 25 SMP. CYCLED GEAR SEVERAL TIMES PER REF TO MD-11 MM CHAPTER 32-31-00-5. ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL. REFERENCE PREVIOUS SHORT SIGN OCT 5 2005 AT 0012Z. FOR REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF LT AND RT MAIN LANDING GEAR FOLLOW LINKS.

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