Service difficulty report · Regulator Valve · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
March 12, 2018
Submitted
March 16, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N7528A
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49920
Aircraft time
77,640 hours, 41,355 cycles
Part
Regulator Valve
Part number
39271411
Part serial
3675
Condition
Faulty
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, AND AFTER GEAR RETRACTION, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR RED UNSAFE LIGHT CAME ON, FOLLOWED BY A RUBBER BURNING ODOR. RED LIGHT WOULD STAY ON A FEW MINUTES AND GO OFF, THEN COME BACK ON UNTIL LANDING. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO DEPARTURE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. LANDED WITH THREE GREEN AND UNDER MAX LANDING WEIGHT. AFTER NORMAL LANDING, MAINTENANCE INSTALLED ALL THEE GEAR PINS FROM AIRCRAFT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE D1-32 NOSE GEAR LOCKED SENSOR IAW AMM 32-60-05, AND NOSE GEAR LOCKED WIRING HARNESS IAW SWPM 20-61-00. DUE TO ODOR IN THE CABIN AFTER TAKE OFF, REMOVED AND REPLACED LT PRESSURE REGULATOR VALVE IAW AMM 21-31-01. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.

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