Service difficulty report · Uplock · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
March 1, 2002
Submitted
April 2, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N775UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26947
Aircraft time
26,060 hours, 5,150 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4077
Part
Uplock
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Landing Gear
Stage of operation
AP
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

AIRCRAFT GEAR MALFUNCTIONED ON APPROACH. CONFIRMED BY SAMC-LHR VIA PHONE APPROX 1 HOUR AFTER LANDING. NO CREW CONTACT. LANDED SAFELY AFTER GO-AROUND. FRA OPS HAD NO ADDITIONAL INFO. BASED ON INFO AVAILABLE THERE WAS A DELAY IN THE EXTENSION OF THE LT MLG. THIS WAS SECOND OCCURRENCE IN TWO WEEKS ON SAME AIRCRAFT. AFTER EACH INCIDENT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED AND GEAR WAS CYCLED WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. THE DOOR OPERATED SEQUENCE VALVE WAS REPLACED AFTER FIRST INCIDENT AS A PRECAUTION. BOTH THE UPLOCK ACTUATOR AND DRAG BRACE OPERATED SEQUENCE VALVE WAS REPLACED AFTER THE SECOND INCIDENT. SUBSEQUENT TO SECOND INCIDENT AIRCRAFT HAS FLOWN TWENTY-THREE FLIGHTS AS OF THIS DATE WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED.