Service difficulty report · Door Latch · Doug DC932

Difficulty date
September 5, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N980AX
Make and model
Doug DC932
Aircraft serial
47176
Part
Door Latch
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Rt Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
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

ON TAKEOFF, RIGHT GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. GEAR UPLATCH CHECK UNSATISFACTORY. CYCLED GEAR TWICE WITH SAME RESULTS (GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING UPLATCH CHECK) WITH AERODYNAMIC BUFFETING. INSTALLED A .030 SHIM UNDER THE GEAR DOOR LATCH ROLLERS IAW DC-9 MM 32-31-4.

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