Service difficulty report · Door · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
June 14, 2007
Submitted
June 20, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N197UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
26901
Aircraft time
39,521 hours, 4,872 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Door
Condition
Unknown
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
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

AFTER TAKEOFF GEAR RETRACTED & SOON AFTER GOT EICAS GEAR DOOR MESSAGE WITH SYNOPTIC SHOWING RIGHT BODY GEAR DOOR NOT CLOSED & ASSOCIATED AIRFRAME VIBRATION NOTED. [07-31-07] CYCLED GEAR DOOR NUMEROUS TIMES, OPERATION NORMAL. INSPECTED PRIMARY AND ALTERNATE SENSORS AND TARGETS, ALL OK. ACCOMPLISHED PSEU TEST, PRIMARY AND ALTERNATE INDICATION TESTS ALL PASSED. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE REPORTED PROBLEM. NO REPEAT OCCURRENCE IN NEXT MONTH OF OPERATION.