Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Boeing 727233

Difficulty date
December 16, 2006
Submitted
December 19, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N281FE
Make and model
Boeing 727233
Aircraft serial
22348
Aircraft time
40,724 hours, 28,528 cycles
Part
Control Cable
Condition
Out Of Rig
Location
Selector Valve
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THE L/GEAR EXTENDED IN FLT WITH GEAR HANDLE IN THE OFF POS. THE EXTENSION WAS UNCOMMANDED WHILE THE GEAR WERE UP AND LOCKED AND THE HANDLE IN THE OFF POS. THE A/C WAS CLIMBING THRU 3K FT AT 180 KIAS AND FLAPS 15. THE MAIN GEAR SHOWED DWN AND LOCKED BUT THE NOSE GEAR SHOWED INTRANSIT. ONLY THE NOSE GEAR DOOR LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED ON THE ANNUNCIATOR PANEL. GEAR HANDLE WAS PLACED DWN AND THE NOSE GEAR FULLY EXTENDED TO DWN AND LOCKED. THE GEAR HANDLE WAS THEN RAISED AND THE GEAR RETRACTED NORMALLY. ADJ L/GEAR CTL CABLES LGVA & LGVB TO OBTAIN CORRECT RIG OF SEL VLV ARM RETENSIONED CABLES. RECONNECTED VLV ACT LINK REF B727 M/M 32-31-000-0 AND 32-31-000-5. CYCLED GEAR SEVERAL TIMES GOING TO OFF POS OPS CHK