Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug DC932

Difficulty date
August 17, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N18544
Make and model
Doug DC932
Aircraft serial
47219
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Rt Mlg Door
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THE RT MLG UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER GEAR RETRACTION. THE GEAR WAS CYCLED AND THE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED, BUT THE GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHT CAME ON. THE GEAR WAS CYCLED TO UP AND THE NOSE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE GEAR INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL AFTER CYCLING THE GEAR THE THIRD TIME. MAINTENANCE FOUND WIRES TO RT MLG DOOR UP SWITCH BROKEN. THE RT MLG DOOR UP SWITCH CANNON PLUG WAS REPLACED. THE NOSE GEAR POSITION SWITCH CANNON PLUG PINS WERE CLEANED. A GEAR SWING WAS PERFORMED AND ALL OPERATION AND INDICATIONS CHECKED GOOD.

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