SDR ABXA000494

Service difficulty report · Bolt · Doug DC863

Difficulty date
November 14, 2000
Submitted
November 16, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N823AX
Make and model
Doug DC863
Aircraft serial
46122
Aircraft time
71,750 hours, 20,066 cycles
Part
Bolt
Part number
47767401
Condition
Broken
Location
Rt Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER GEAR RETRACTION THE LANDING GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED WITH GEAR HANDLE UP. GEAR WAS CYCLED WITH SAME INDICATIONS. AN UPLATCH CHECK WAS PERFORMED AND WITH THE GEAR HANDLE TO THE UPLATCH POSITION THE NOT LATCHED LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IN RIGHT DOOR AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR POSITIONS A VIBRATION WAS NOTED. FOUND RIGHT AFT ATTACH BOLT ON BOGIE TRIM CYLINDER BROKEN. REPLACED BOLT AND ATTACH CLEVIS IAW DC8 MM 20-16-0. PERFORMED POSITION AND WARNING SYSTEM CHECK ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. OPS CHECKED GOOD IAW DC8 MM 32-60-00.

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