SDR 06FDEA2472

Service difficulty report · Switch · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
July 8, 2006
Submitted
July 11, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N617FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48748
Aircraft time
38,057 hours, 8,625 cycles
Part
Switch
Condition
Out Of Position
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER TOUCHDOWN DECELERATING THROUGH ABOUT 110 KTS, GOT AN UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION (PRIMARY) WITH A "LANDING GEAR" AURAL ALERT. SECONDARY INDICATIONS WERE ALL GREEN. HORN COULD NOT BE SILENCED UNTIL FLAPS WERE RETRACTED. ACN RELEASED FOR SERVICE PER MEL/CDL: 32-61-01-01-A "MEL 32-61-01-01-A: NOSE GEAR POSITION INDICATION SENSOR, INOP. OBSERVE CARGO CONTAINER LOADING RESTRICTIONS AND VERIFY AFFECTED POSITIONS ARE VOIDED ON WEIGHT AND BALANCE". REMOVED GEAR PINS AFTER TOW. TROUBLESHOT AND FOUND THE PSEU IN THE ALT POSITION FOR GEAR INDICATION RE-POSITIONED GEAR INDICATION SWITCH ON THE PSEU TO THE "NORMAL" POSITION. PRIMARY INDICATION OPERATES "GOOD". SYNOPTIC DISPLAY IS "INOP".

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