Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Doug MD1010F

Difficulty date
May 10, 2007
Submitted
May 11, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N383FE
Make and model
Doug MD1010F
Aircraft serial
46616
Aircraft time
81,767 hours, 32,890 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
LD
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

WHEN GEAR INITIALLY LOWERED FOR LANDING, ALL INDICATIONS REMAINED RED. RECYCLED GEAR AND AFTER A DELAY ALL INDICTIONS READ GREEN. DURING CREW DEBRIEF, CREW STATED WHEN GEAR INITIALLY LOWERED THERE WAS NO PHYSICAL IND VIBRATION OR FEELING THAT THE GEAR WAS EVEN LOWERING UNTIL RECYCLED AND THEN AFTER SOME DELAY COULD FEEL THE GEAR ACTUALLY LOWERING AND AFTER MORE DELAY GOT THREE GREENS. TROUBLE SHOT PER FIM 32-30 UP TO STEP 5. VERIFIED RIGGING FROM GEAR HANDLE TO SELECTOR VALVE. ALL CHECKS NORMAL REF MD10-10MM 32-31-01-5. REMOVED AND REPLACED EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR CONTROL MICROSWITCH S1-392 PER MD10 MM 32-32-01-2. OPS CHECK NORMAL PER MM 32-30-00-5.

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