SDR CAL950055

Service difficulty report · Retract Mech · Boeing 727243

Difficulty date
January 21, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N58414
Make and model
Boeing 727243
Aircraft serial
22166
Part
Retract Mech
Condition
Lack Of Lube
Location
Landing Gear
Stage of operation
AP
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

LAX - FLT 497 - WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED ON APPROACH TO LAX THE THREE RED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WITH NO GREEN. THE MLG EXTENDED ON ITS OWN APPROXIMATELY FIVE SECONDS LATER WITH THE NOSE GEAR COMING DOWN WITHIN ANOTHER FIVE SECONDS. THE ACFT LANDED SAFELY WITH ALL THREE GREEN LIGHTS INDICATED AND NO RED. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED A FULL GEAR EXTENSION/RETRACTION PER MM 32-30-00 AND NO DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND. ALL THREE LANDING GEAR WERE LUBRICATED. THE GEAR WERE RESWUNG AND ALL OPERATION CHECKED GOOD. (W)