SDR ABXA030393

Service difficulty report · Warning Switch · Doug DC931

Difficulty date
October 13, 2003
Submitted
October 15, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N946AX
Make and model
Doug DC931
Aircraft serial
47003
Aircraft time
60,943 hours, 62,218 cycles
Part
Warning Switch
Part number
7000010101ABX
Part serial
11205
Condition
Defective
Location
Mlg
Part time
3,530 hours, 3,501 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON FINAL APPROACH, GEAR WENT DOWN AND GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHT WENT OUT. AT 400 AGL, GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHT CAME BACK ON. DID MISSED APPROACH. CYCLED THE GEAR EARLY FOR SECOND APPROACH. ON FINAL FOR SECOND APPROACH, GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHT CAME BACK ON. FOLLOWED ABNORMAL AND PULLED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE. LANDED STRAIGHT AHEAD ON RUNWAY AND STOPPED IAW ABNORMAL WITHOUT INCIDENT. REMOVED AND REPLACED MAIN GEAR DOOR POSITION SWITCH. OPS CHECKED GOOD AT THIS TIME IAW DC-9 MM 32-60-03-2-0101.

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