Service difficulty report · Uplock · Bombdr DHC8400

Difficulty date
February 15, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8400
Engine
Pwc PW150A
Propeller
Rotol CR4086123F17
Part
Uplock
Part number
465009
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Lt Mlg
Part time
21,369 hours
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
9
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

(CAN) GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN, IMMEDIATELY ALL GEAR DOOR OPEN AS INDICATION, NLG AND RT MLG DOWN AND LOCKED, GREEN, LT MLG UNSAFE GEAR, RED. CONFIRMED THAT LT GEAR DOORS WAS OPEN BUT GEAR IN UPLOCK POSITION. APPROXIMATELY 90 SECONDS LATER THE GEAR MOVED TO ITS SELECTED DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. UNEVENTFUL AND SAFE LANDING. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LT MLG UPLOCK ASSY, THEY FOUND THE WEAR GROOVE DEPTH MEASUREMENT OF LT MLG UPLOCK HOOK BEYOND LIMIT, 55 MM. AFTER SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL OPS TESTS OF MLG/NLG RETRACTION AND EXTENSION SYS, THEY BROUGHT THE ACFT BACK TO SERVICE.