Service difficulty report · Control Valve · Aerosp ATR42320

Difficulty date
December 8, 2002
Submitted
December 9, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N93840
Make and model
Aerosp ATR42320
Aircraft serial
271
Part
Control Valve
Part number
1005383Y00
Part serial
294
Condition
Inoperative
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

UPON GEAR RETRACTION AFTER TAKEOFF, THREE GREEN GEAR LIGHTS LIT UP SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THREE RED UNLOCK LIGHTS ON BOTH OVERHEAD PANEL, AND, MAIN INSTRUMENT PANEL, AND, THE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED, AND,REPLACED THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL VALVE, PERFORMED A OPERATIONAL CHECK, NO DEFECTS NOTED, AND, THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.

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