Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Boeing 73733A

Difficulty date
August 5, 2001
Submitted
August 8, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N509DC
Make and model
Boeing 73733A
Aircraft serial
23636
Aircraft time
44,822 hours, 29,724 cycles
Part
Cylinder
Part number
65546004
Part serial
2891
Condition
Faulty
Location
Rt Mlg
Part time
11,473 hours, 6,927 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PHX-EMERGENCY LANDING -FLT 229- ON LANDING GEAR EXTENSION THE CREW HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE ACFT YAWED TO THE LEFT. ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL AND ALL PRESSURE OK. AS A PRECAUTION THE CREW CALLED OUT EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. MX JACKED THE ACFT AND PERFORMED GEAR SWINGS. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR CAME OUT SLIGHTLY AFTER THE LEFT. THE RT MAIN LANDING TRANSFER CYLINDER WAS CHANGED DUE TO THE PISTON STICKING. THE RT HYD MODULE P/N 65-4469-5, S/N 3904 TTSN 44822:52 TCSN 29724 ALSO REPLACED AS A PRECAUTION. ALL FUNCTIONAL CHECKS WERE NORMAL.

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