Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Doug DC863F

Difficulty date
September 3, 2003
Submitted
September 10, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N441J
Make and model
Doug DC863F
Aircraft serial
45688
Aircraft time
75,682 hours, 27,249 cycles
Part
Cylinder
Part number
56165545503
Part serial
FA2688
Condition
Broken
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AFTER TAKE-OFF, WHEN GEAR WAS RETRACTED; NOT LATCHED AND DOORS NOT LATCHED. LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. PERFORMED LANDING GEAR SYSTEM ABNORMAL CHECK LIST AND RETURNED TO MNMG. FOUND RT GEAR BOGIE TRIM CYLINDER BROKEN AT FORWARD ATTACH POINT; REMOVED AND REPLACED RT BOGIE TRIM CYLINDER IAW MM 32-33-1. LEAK CHECKED; NO LEAKS NOTED. ACCOMPLISHED PER ALTERNATE METHOD IAW MM 32-33-1. ALSO FOUND RT GEAR DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY WITH ARMS BROKEN; REMOVED AND REPLACED ARMS IAW MM 32-12-1 & MM 20-10-1. DOOR OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL IAW MM 32-12-1.

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