Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Boeing 7272S2F

Difficulty date
June 27, 2007
Submitted
June 28, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N201FE
Make and model
Boeing 7272S2F
Aircraft serial
22924
Aircraft time
32,820 hours, 18,921 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Unknown
Location
Nose
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

WHEN CONFIGURING FOR LANDING, NOSE GEAR STAYED UP. GO AROUND INITIATED AND NOSE GEAR EXTENDED BEFORE QRH STARTED. HYD PRESSURE NORMAL THROUGH-OUT. WHEN NOSE GEAR DID EXTEND, DOOR LIGHT CAME ON FOR ABOUT 20 SECS BEFORE GEAR CAME DOWN. INSP NLG, WHEEL WELL AND DOORS. NO DEFECTS NOTED. LUBRICATED NLG AND DOORS PER M/M 12-21-011-2. JACKED A/C NLG PER MM 07-11-000-2. PERFORMED NLG EXTENSION AND RETRACTION TEST PER MM 32-33-000-5. CYCLED GEAR HANDLE 5 T0 6 CYCLES EACH GEAR RETRACT TIME 7 SEC (MAX TIME IS 10 SEC). NOSE GEAR EXTEND TIME 10 SEC EACH CYCLE.

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