Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
November 30, 2004
Submitted
December 15, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N206UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
30212
Aircraft time
24,806 hours, 3,795 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4090
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nose
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

NOSE GEAR DID NOT RETRACT FOR SEVERAL MINUTES ON CLIMBOUT AFTER UP SELECTED THEN NOSE GEAR FINALLY RETRACTED. CAPT DECIDED TO CYCLE THE GEAR AND NOSE GEAR SEEMS TO EXTEND OK BUT AGAIN TO ABOUT 30 SECS BEFORE NOSE GEAR STARTED TO RETRACT PER CREW. ACFT JACKED AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS OPERATIONALLY CHECKED. AFTER SEVERAL GEAR CYCLES ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. MAXIMUM RETRACT TIME WAS 22 SECONDS. THE LANDING GEAR WAS LUBRICATED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. ACFT HAS FLOWN THREE SUBSEQUENT LEGS TO DATE WITHOUT INCIDENT.