Service difficulty report · Warning System · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
December 4, 2015
Submitted
December 7, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N499AA
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49737
Aircraft time
73,553 hours, 38,783 cycles
Part
Warning System
Condition
False Activation
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
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

AFTER GEAR RETRACTION, NOSE RED LIGHT REMAINED ON WITH LOUD GEAR DOOR NOISE. THE FLIGHT DECLARED AN EMER & RETURNED. ON FINAL, WITH GEAR DOWN, AGAIN THERE WAS A FLUTTERING SOUND FROM NOSE GEAR. THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE ACFT WAS NOT GNDED. INSPECTED NOSE GEAR & NOSE GEAR DOORS IAW 32-20-00. VERIFIED DOOR AS CLOSED & LATCHED AFTER MX. NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.

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