SDR AALA201801099034

Service difficulty report · Handle · Boeing 777223

Difficulty date: January 5, 2018
Submitted: January 9, 2018
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N758AN
Make and model: Boeing 777223
Aircraft serial: 32637
Aircraft time: 65,109 hours, 8,150 cycles
System (JASC): 3234 · Landing Gear Selector
Part: Handle
Condition: Faulty
Location: Cockpit
Stage of operation: LD
How discovered: O
Nature of condition: O
Precautionary procedure: K

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF. MADE TWO MORE ATTEMPTS TO RETRACT. SATISFACTORY RETRACTION ON 3RD ATTEMPT, HANDLE PHYSICALLY WOULD NOT GO TO UP POSITION. MAINTENANCE CLEANED NLG AND MLG PROXIMITY SENSORS PER SOPM 20-30-03. PERFORMED SATISFACTORY MLG AND NLG EXTENSION AND RETRACTION FUNCTIONAL CHECK PER AMM 32-30-01, LANDING GEAR ALTERNATE EXTENSION SYSTEM, AND OPERATIONS TEST PER AMM 32-35-00.