Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
January 11, 2010
Submitted
August 6, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N7525A
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49917
Aircraft time
56,957 hours, 29,159 cycles
Part
Cylinder
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Lt Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

STL - LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT ON TAKEOFF. EMERGENCY DECLARED, RETURNED STL WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. REPLACED LEFT MAIN GEAR RETRACT SUPPORT FITTING AND LEFT MAIN GEAR RETRACT CYLINDER AND CYLINDER LINKAGES. SYSTEM GROUND CHECK NORMAL OPERATION.

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