SDR CAL950497

Service difficulty report · Prox Control Box · Doug DC932

Difficulty date
June 17, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14524
Make and model
Doug DC932
Aircraft serial
47539
Part
Prox Control Box
Part number
800403
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Mlg
Part time
47,728 hours
Stage of operation
CL
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

IAH - FLT 1536 - THE LEFT GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING THE GEAR UPLATCH CHECK AFTER DEPARTING IAH. CYCLING THE GEAR AND REPEATING THE UPLATCH CHECK GAVE NO CHANGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO IAH WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE LANDING GEAR PROXIMITY SWITCH CONTROL BOX WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. A CHECK OF THE LT MLG UPLATCH SENSOR SHOWED PROPER CLEARANCE. SEVERAL GEAR RETRACTIONS AND EXTENSIONS WERE PERFORMED AND ALL GEAR INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. (X)

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