Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
November 27, 2006
Submitted
November 28, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N596FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48554
Aircraft time
51,824 hours, 8,662 cycles
Part
Cylinder
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Rt Mlg
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

AFTER T/O, WHEN GEAR HANDLE RAISED RMLG LIGHT STAYED ON RED, ALL OTHERS OUT. RAN QRH, LOWERD GEAR HANDLE-ALL GREEN. RAISED GEAR HANDLE AGAIN, SAME RESULT(RMLG RED), LOWER GEAR HANDLE AND AIR TURN BACK. PERFORMED LANDING GEAR SWING AND OPS TEST ON JACK PER AMM 32-30-00-0 AND AMM 07-11-00-2, FOUND RT MAIN LANDING GEAR NOT SWING UP. SWAPPED MAIN LANGING GEAR UNLOCK CYL PER AMM 32-33-02-4. REMOVED AND REPLACED RT UNLOCK CYL PER MM 32-33-02-4. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE LANDING GEAR SEL VLV REQUIRE SWING GEAR AND OPS TEST. REMOVED AND REPLACED RT UNLOCK CYL RESTRICTOR PER MM 32-33-01-4. SWING GEAR PER MM 32-31-00-5 AND 32-32-00-5, ALL FUNCTION AND IND NORMAL FACT.

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