Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 737275C

Difficulty date
April 15, 2003
Submitted
May 6, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Boeing 737275C
Aircraft time
65,896 hours
Engine
Pwa JT8D9A
Part
Connector
Condition
Damaged
Location
Mlg Indicator
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) FLT CREW REPORTED NLG GREEN DOWNLOCK INDICATION WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH WHEN MLG SELECTED UP. MLG DID RETRACT. GREEN LIGHT WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH. MLG CYCLED 3 TIMES, NO JOY . RETURNED TO BASE. ABLE TO DUPLICATE FAULT ON GROUND. NLG DOWNLOCK SENSOR REPLACED, NO JOY. MLG ACCESSORY UNIT REPLACED, ALSO NO JOY. CONDUIT LEADING FROM DOWNLOCK SENSOR TO MLG ACCESSORY UNIT MOVED WHICH EXTINGUISHED LIGHT. CONDUIT & WIRING REMOVED. WIRING INSPECTED. UNABLE TO FIND FAULT WITH WIRING. WIRING & CONDUIT WERE REINSTALLED, NEW CONNECTORS FOR TERMINAL BLOCK. MLG SWUNG SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT FAULT. SYS WIRING INSPECTED SEVERAL MORE TIMES & TESTED, NO PROBLEMS FOUND.