Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
January 24, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14814
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49112
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

THE NLG INDICATED RED UNSAFE WHEN GEAR WAS EXTENDED, BUT THE COCKPIT INDICATOR PIN SHOWED DOWN AND LOCKED ON APPROACH TO EWR. A GO-AROUND WAS PERFORMED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND A BROKEN WIRE ON NLG DOWNLOCK SENSOR. THE WIRE WAS SPLICED. A GEAR SWING WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 32-31-00 WITH OPERATION AND INDICATIONS CHECKING GOOD.

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