SDR CAL950917

Service difficulty report · Dnlock Sensor · Boeing 7373T0

Difficulty date
October 15, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14308
Make and model
Boeing 7373T0
Aircraft serial
23359
Part
Dnlock Sensor
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
AP
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

IAH - FLT 0692 - THE NLG RED UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER GEAR WAS EXTENDED ON APPROACH TO IAH. THE TOWER REPORTED THE NLG WAS NOT DOWN. DURING A FLY-BY, A VISUAL INSPECTION ALSO CONFIRMED NLG WAS NOT DOWN. CYCLING GEAR TWICE AND USING MANUAL EXTENSION PROCEDURES RESULTED IN NO CHANGE. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, GEAR WAS RETRACTED AGAIN, AND ANOTHER APPROACH WAS ATTEMPTED. WHEN GEAR WAS EXTENDED, MLG LIGHTS WERE NORMAL, BUT NO NLG GREEN LIGHT, NLG LIGHT WAS SWITCHED WITH LT MLG GREEN LIGHT AND NLG SHOWED DOWN AND GREEN. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX FOUND NLG DOWNLOCK SENSOR AT FAULT. SENSOR REMOVED AND REPLACED PER MM 32-61-41. OPER CHKS GOOD DURING GEAR SWING. (X)