Service difficulty report · Prox Box · Doug DC941

Difficulty date
April 9, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N953AX
Make and model
Doug DC941
Aircraft serial
47608
Part
Prox Box
Part number
00800040003
Condition
Defective
Location
Mlg Door
Stage of operation
CL
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

GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHT CAME ON DURING CLIMB-OUT. STAYED ON FOR REMAINDER OF FLIGHT. PULLED MLG EMERGENCY EXTEND HANDLE FOR LANDING. AFTER ROLL-OUT, MLG DOOR WAS OPEN. REPRESSURIZED SYSTEM AND DOOR RETRACTED, BUT LIGHT STAYED ON. REPLACED LANDING GEAR PROXIMITY BOX.

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