SDR 95ZZZW327

Service difficulty report · Uplock Switch · Boeing 727227

Difficulty date: March 1, 1995
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N766AT
Make and model: Boeing 727227
Aircraft serial: 21999
System (JASC): 3260 · Landing Gear Position and Warning
Part: Uplock Switch
Part number: 3210278
Condition: Malfunction
Location: Nlg
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

STL - FLT 491 - AFTER TAKEOFF UPON GEAR RETRACTION HAD NOSE GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION. RECYCLED GEAR, NO HELP. RAN ABNORMAL PROCEDURES, INDICATION REMAINED. REPLACED NOSE LANDING GEAR UPLOCK SWITCH. PIN WAS STUCK IN GROUND POSITION, PERFORMED REMOVAL/INSTALLATION AND ADJ AND TEST PER MM 32-61-71 PG 402-502, OPS CHECK GOOD.