Service difficulty report · Cable · Boeing 7374Q8

Difficulty date
December 17, 2018
Submitted
December 18, 2018
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
A8ZR580Y
Aersale Inc
Aircraft
N279AD
Make and model
Boeing 7374Q8
Aircraft serial
26279
Aircraft time
60,262 hours, 30,589 cycles
Part
Cable
Condition
Lack Of Lube
Location
Spoiler Interloc
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING TAKEOFF THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS UNABLE TO GO INTO THE UP POSITION AND THE LANDING GEAR WERE UNABLE TO RETRACT. BOTH MLG AND NLG WERE CHANGED FOR TIME AT AERSALE IN ROSWELL, NM. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AND BROUGHT BACK INTO THE HANGAR AT AERSALE IN ROSWELL, NM, THE PROBLEM DISCOVERED WAS THE GROUND INTERLOCK VALVE CABLE WAS DRY AND OUT OF ADJUSTMENT AT THE GROUND SPOILER VALVE. THE GROUND INTERLOCK VALVE CABLE WAS LUBRICATED AND ADJUSTED REF B737-400 AMM 27-62-51. PERFORMED GROUND SPOILER INTERLOCK VALVE CABLE FUNCTIONAL TEST WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED, REF B737-400 AMM 27-62-51, AND PERFORMED MLG SAFETY SENSOR TEST OF THE MLG, NO DEFECTS NOTED AT THIS TIME REF B737-400 AMM 32-09-01. PERFORMED EXTENSION/RETRACTION TEST OF THE MLG NO DEFECTS NOTED AT THIS TIME REF B737-400 AMM 32-32-00.

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