Service difficulty report · Gear Handle · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
March 21, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N35832
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49492
Part
Gear Handle
Condition
Malfunctioned
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 MOVE DOWN UPON INITIAL ATTEMPT TO LOWER, WHILE ON APPROACH. ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION WAS USED, AND THEN CREW WAS ABLE TO MOVE GEAR HANDLE DOWN AFTER EXTENSION. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED IAW MM 7-11-00 AND THE GEAR HANDLE WAS CYCLED EIGHT TIMES AND ALL GEAR FUNCTIONS WERE NORMAL WITH SMOOTH GEAR HANDLE OPERATION.

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