Service difficulty report · Wire Harness · Doug MD1010F

Difficulty date
December 1, 2007
Submitted
December 4, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N570FE
Make and model
Doug MD1010F
Aircraft serial
47829
Aircraft time
70,937 hours, 23,715 cycles
Part
Wire Harness
Condition
Unsecure
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
DE
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

UNSAFE GEAR DOWN INDICATIONS X2 BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY, CYCLED GEAR VIA RED TABS QRH GOT SAFE INDICATIONS ON 3RD TRY. FOUND WIRE BUNDLE FOR THE GEAR INDICATION LIGHTS INTERFERRING WITH GEAR HANDLE. FOUND NO DAMAGE ON WIRE BUNDLE. SECURED WIRE BUNDLE AS PER WIRING STANDARD PRACTICES 20-10-01. CLEANED LANDING GEAR CONTROL MECHANISM PER MM 32-31-02-7. JACKED A/C PER MM 07-11-00-2 AND RETRACTED GEAR NUMEROUS TIMES PER MM 32-30-00-5. NOW GEAR RETRACTS AND EXTENDS NORMALLY WITH CORRECT INDICATION.

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