Service difficulty report · Uplock · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
May 22, 2015
Submitted
May 26, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N436AA
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49454
Aircraft time
86,401 hours, 40,495 cycles
Part
Uplock
Condition
Leaking
Location
Lt Mlg Door
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

EMERGENCY DECLARED, LANDING UNEVENTFUL & ACFT NOT OVERWEIGHT. DURING CRUISE, A LOW HYD PRESS WARNING OCCURRED. FOUND LT MLG DOOR UPLOCK LEAKING. R & R UPLOCK. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL & LEAK CHECK IAW AMM 29-10-05. SYS CHECKED NORMAL.

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