Service difficulty report · Uplock · Doug DC862

Difficulty date
December 21, 2000
Submitted
December 22, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N810BN
Make and model
Doug DC862
Aircraft serial
45905
Part
Uplock
Condition
Dirty
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
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

AFTER GEAR RETRACTION GEAR NOT LATCHED UP LIGHT ON, ON UPLATCH CHECK LANDING GEAR FALLS OUT. FOUND MLE UPLATCH MECHANISM DRY; CLEANED & LUBRICATED MLE UPLATCH MECHANISM IAW MM 12-81-1; PERFORMED LANDING GEAR SWING IAW 32-11-1 CHECK OK.

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