Service difficulty report · Retract Pin · Doug DC861

Difficulty date
April 16, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N850AX
Make and model
Doug DC861
Aircraft serial
45894
Part
Retract Pin
Part number
47783031A
Condition
Broken
Location
Rt Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

RIGHT GEAR AND GEAR DOOR UNSAFE LIGHT AFTER GEAR RETRACTION. AIRCRAFT WAS AIRTURNED BACK TO ILN, WHERE AIRCRAFT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. FOUND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR RETRACTION PIN BROKEN. REPLACED PIN IAW DC-8 S.B. 32-102.

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