Service difficulty report · Striker · Doug DC863F

Difficulty date
May 6, 2006
Submitted
June 26, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N784AL
Make and model
Doug DC863F
Aircraft serial
46135
Aircraft time
79,816 hours, 25,428 cycles
Part
Striker
Condition
Unknown
Location
Mlg Door Prox
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER NORMAL GEAR RETRACTION, RED DOORS NOT LATCHED, LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON UP-LATCH CHECK; PERFORMED ABNORMAL CHECKLIST, LIGHT REMAINED ON. REMOVED AND REPLACED LT MAIN GEAR INBOUND DOOR LATCH STRIKER IN ACCORDANCE WITH M/M 32-31-4; ALSO REPLACED BOTH TARGET ASSEMBLY PROXIMITY SWITCH IN ACCORDANCE WITH M/M 32-31-4; OPERATIONAL CHECK IN ACCORDANCE WITH M/M 32-30-0 FOUND NORMAL ON GEAR SWING.

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