Service difficulty report · Uplock · Emb EMB145EP

Difficulty date
January 5, 2009
Submitted
January 6, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14947
Make and model
Emb EMB145EP
Aircraft serial
145054
Aircraft time
22,394 hours, 21,021 cycles
Part
Uplock
Part number
23092900001MODB
Part serial
040
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Nlg Ww
Part time
23,921 hours, 22,092 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FLIGHT 4930, THE CREW REPORTED THAT THE NLG DOORS FAILED TO RETRACT. THE ACFT RETURNED TO ICT WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX INSPECTED THE ACFT AND FERRIED IT TO MCI WHERE MX REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NLG UPLOCK BOX, OPS TESTED WITH NO DEFECTS. THE ACFT WAS TEST FLOWN SATISFACTORILY, AND THEN WAS APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.

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