Service difficulty report · Selector Valve · Fokker F28MK1000

Difficulty date
March 22, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Fokker F28MK1000
Part
Selector Valve
Part number
71543
Condition
Weak Spring
Location
Rh Mlg
Component
Dowty · 200642005
Stage of operation
AP
Nature of condition
J, P
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) ON APPROACH WHEN LANDING GEAR SELECTED DOWN THE RH MAIN GEAR HAD NO INDICATION WITH THE NOSE AND LH GEAR INDICATION DOWN AND LOCKED. GEAR RECYCLED, SAME RESULT, ALTERNATE EXTENSION USED ALL GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. RH SPRING-LOADED MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR SELECTOR VALVE ON THE DRAG STRUT HAD A WEAK SPIRNG, OCCASIONALLY WOULD NOT PUSH THE SPOOL OUT ON THE DOOR SELECTION. REPLACED.

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