Service difficulty report · Actuator · Boeing 757225

Difficulty date
May 8, 2003
Submitted
May 12, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N907AW
Make and model
Boeing 757225
Aircraft serial
22691
Aircraft time
56,785 hours, 22,469 cycles
Part
Actuator
Condition
Failed
Location
Lt Mlg
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ON CLIMBOUT RECEIVED MLG DOOR DISAGREE INDICATION AFTER MLG RETRACTION. PERFORMED MLG DISAGREE CHECKLIST: LT MLG GREEN WITH GEAR HANDLE OFF, NOSE & RT MAIN BLANK. ACFT FEEL INDICATED LT MLG NEVER RETRACTED, TURNED BACK & LANDED WITHOUT EVENT. MX R & R MLG DOOR-OPERATED GEAR SEQUENCE VALVE, DID NOT CORRECT PROBLEM. AFTER DUPLICATING PROBLEM & GETTING MLG TO RETRACT BY APPLYING WEIGHT TO BACK OF TRUCK, MX REPLACED LT MLG TRUCK POSITIONER ACT, AS A PRECAUTION REPLACED LT TRUCK TILT PROXIMITY SENSORS 1 & 2, PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. R & R DOWNLOCK ACTUATOR, OPS & LEAK CK GOOD, GEAR CYCLED W/O DEFECT. VENDOR BENCH TEST & TEARDOWN OF DOWNLOCK ACTUATOR CONFIRMED FAILURE OF UNIT.