Service difficulty report · Uplock · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
October 12, 2006
Submitted
October 13, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N521FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48478
Aircraft time
50,708 hours, 6,492 cycles
Part
Uplock
Condition
Overtorqued
Location
Mlg
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

LEFT MAIN GEAR LIGHT UNSAFE AFTER TAKEOFF ON MAIN AND SECONDARY (CONFIG PAGE). CYCLED GEAR DOWN, GOOD INDICATION, GEAR HANDLE UP INDICATIONS WERE LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR UNSAFE. DURING DESCENT, RIGHT UNSAFE LIGHT WENT OUT. RETURNED TO MEM. LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. JACKED ACFT AND PERF A GEAR SWING, DUPLICATED ORIG WRI, LT GEAR UNSAFE WITH GEAR RETRACTED. OPENED LEFT GEAR DOOR TO CHECK UPLOCK, FOUND THAT THE UPLOCK HAD NO PLAY, LOOSENED SCREW TO SLOT BRACKET AND THEN THE UPLOCK SENSOR HAD PLAY, FOUND THAT THE BUSHING WAS MISSING FROM SLOT BRACKET. REPLACED BUSHINGS ON BOTH MLG UPLOCKS AND PERFORMED 3 GEAR SWINGS WITH NORMAL OPERATION. ACFT OK FOR SERVICE BUT PER MOCC WILL REQUIRE TEST FLIGHT.

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