Service difficulty report · Uplock Switch · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
September 6, 2009
Submitted
September 8, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N280SK
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145380
Aircraft time
22,133 hours, 182,298 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
17,835 hours, 14,691 cycles
Part
Uplock Switch
Part number
23092900401
Part serial
1181
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nlg
Part time
22,142 hours, 18,303 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FLIGHT 3075, LGA TO RIC. ON TAKEOFF THE CREW REPORTED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. THE NOSE GEAR INDICATION SHOWED YELLOW CROSS HATCHES AND A LANDING GEAR LEVER DISAGREE MESSAGE WAS PRESENT ON EICAS. THE HANDLE WAS CYCLED WITH THE SAME RESULT. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO FILED AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT THE FAULT AND FOUND THAT THE NLG DOORS WOULD NOT CLOSE WITH THE GEAR UP AND LOCKED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR VALVE, RELAYS K0642, K0024, K0425, AND K0453 AS WELL AS THE NOSE LANDING GEAR UPLOCK PROX SWITCHES AND LGEU WITH NO FIX. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR UPLOCK BOX WAS THEN FOUND TO BE AT FAULT AND WAS REPLACED.

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