Service difficulty report · Retract Mech · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
April 22, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N609FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48549
Part
Retract Mech
Part number
ANB7216504
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Rt Mlg Door
Stage of operation
CL
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

ON GEAR RETRACTION, BOTH RT MAIN IND REMAINED RED, CYCLED GEAR AND GOT BOTH LT AND RT INDICATIONS RED. ALL GREEN IN DOWN POS, RECYCLED GEAR AND GOT SAME INDICATIONS, AFTER 3 MINUTES LT GEAR RETURNED TO NORMAL. THIS SEQUENCE OCCURED TWICE, CONTINUED FLT TO NRT. RT GEAR IND RED AND IND PINS ON TOP OF WINGS WERE NORMAL NO VIBRATION FLT OR YAW. FOUND DAMAGE ON L/B EDGE FWD AND AFT OF FAIRNIG OF THE RT MLG RAMP DOOR ASSY, AT GATE. INSP RIGGING CONDITION AND PERFORMED RIGGING OF ROD LINKAGE, WITH DOOR INPUT FOLLOW-UP FOR DOOR CONTROL RT AND RIGGING DOOR LATCH RT. LANDING GEAR HAD EXTEND AND RETRACT CHECK ON LIFTING CONDITION PER MM 32-00-00, FOUND GOOD. COMPLIED RII.

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