Service difficulty report · Door · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
December 21, 2005
Submitted
December 23, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N501AM
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49188
Aircraft time
60,526 hours, 45,211 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Part
Door
Condition
False Indication
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PLATFORM DURING TAKE OFF, AFTER NOSE LANDING GEAR ROTATION, THE ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC COMPARTMENT OPEN DOOR LIGHT TURNED ON. DURING MAINTENANCE REVISION, THE DOOR WAS DETECTED OPEN WITH THE SAFETY PINS ACTIVATED. THE ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC COMPARTMENT DOOR OPERATION WAS CHECKED ELECTRICALLY AND MECHANICALLY AND THE OPEN/CLOSE DOOR TEST WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 52-70-07 AND MM 52-43-00 RESPECTIVELY, ALL CORRECT.

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