Service difficulty report · Retract Mech · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
February 5, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N16892
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49391
Part
Retract Mech
Condition
Iced Up
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

THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WOULD NOT GO DOWN UPON GEAR EXTENSION ON APPROACH TO DEN. THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED USING THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE. THE REGULAR GEAR HANDLE WAS THEN ABLE TO BE MOVED TO THE DOWN POSITION WITH THREE GREEN LIGHTS DISPLAYED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTION OF THE GEAR FOUND ALL THREE GEAR HAD ICE BUILD UP. ALL THREE GEAR WERE DE-ICED AT THE GATE AREA. A NOSE GEAR SWING WAS PERFORMED SEVERAL TIMES. GEAR HANDLE OPERATION WAS SMOOTH UP AND DOWN AND ALL GEAR LIGHT INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL.

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