Service difficulty report · Sequence Valve · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
February 17, 2002
Submitted
March 5, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N775UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26947
Aircraft time
25,939 hours, 5,126 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4077
Part
Sequence Valve
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Lt Mlg
Stage of operation
UK
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

NO DOWNLOCK INDICATION FOR LEFT MAIN GEAR ON FIRST ATTEMPT. SECOND ATTEMPT NORMAL. PER CREW VERBAL FLAPS STEADY AT 20 DEGREES CREW OBSERVED GEAR PAGE WITH NO LOCK INDICATION PRIOR TO STATUS MESSAGES. ONCE GEAR STABLE IN UP POSITION, 2ND ATTEMPT NORMAL, 2 MILES FROM LANDING. BASED ON INDICATIONS IN FLIGHT IT APPEARED THE LT MLG DOOR WAS OPEN BUT THE LT GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. RT MLG AND NLG INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED. AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED AND LANDING GEAR WAS CYCLED SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO DEFECTS OR ABNORMAL INDICATIONS NOTED. THE LT MLG DOOR OPERATED SEQUENCE VALVE WAS REPLACED AS PRECAUTIONARY. AIRCRAFT HAS FLOWN SEVEN FLIGHTS AS OF THIS ENTRY WITH NO PROBLEMS.