Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
September 16, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N782UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26948
Engine
Pwa PW4090
Part
Valve
Part number
99C55202101
Condition
Out Of Adjusted
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
TO
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A, J

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

What was found

ON TAKEOFF, NOSE LANDING GEAR SHOWED DISAGREE. NOSE GEAR APPEARED STUCK DOWN. FLIGHT RETURNED TO ORD, LANDING UNDER AMBER ALERT. *S/D* COULD NOT DUPLICATE MALFUNCTION ON GROUND. REPLACED THE NLG RETRACT ACTUATOR AND NLG LOCK ACTUATOR AS PRECAUTIONARY. SHOP FINDINGS FOUND NO FAULTS WITH ACTUATORS. REPLACED THE NLG SELECTOR BYPASS VALVE (99C55202-101), PERFORMED RIG CHECK OF THE NLG DOOR OPERATED SEQUENCE VALVE LINKAGE AS A FOLLOWUP AT A LATER DATE. THE NLG DOOR OPERATING SEQUENCE VALVE WAS FOUND SLIGHTLY OUT OF ADJUSTED. THIS WAS CORRECTED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.