SDR 9504319852

Service difficulty report · Socket · Doug DC951

Difficulty date
March 13, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N761NC
Make and model
Doug DC951
Aircraft serial
47709
Part
Socket
Part number
0351881027
Condition
Shorted
Location
Cockpit Panel
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING UPLATCH CHECK, GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. REPLACED BULB, THEN ALL THREE RED UNSAFE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. FLIGHT RETURNED TO DTW AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO GREEN LIGHTS ILLUMINATED DURING GEAR EXTENSION FOR LANDING. GEAR WAS VISUALLY CONFIRMED TO BE DOWN AND LOCKED THROUGH PERISCOPE. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS CALLED OUT AS A PRECAUTION. INSPECTED AND FOUND L2-265 SOCKET TO GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHT SHORTED. REPLACED SOCKET, CIRCUIT BREAKER U-21 FOR GEAR PROXIMITY BOX, WHICH DID NOT TRIP. REPLACED PROXIMITY BOX. OPERATIONAL CHECK OK ON GEAR SWING. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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