Service difficulty report · Control Lever · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
September 15, 2011
Submitted
September 16, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N270SK
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145304
Aircraft time
26,902 hours, 25,397 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
16,961 hours, 19,535 cycles
Part
Control Lever
Part number
8271013
Part serial
00066
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Cockpit
Part time
16,153 hours, 16,874 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED THAT UPON DEPARTURE, WHEN THE LANDING GEAR LEVER WAS RAISED, COMMANDING GEAR RETRACTION, THAT THE LANDING GEAR STAYED DOWN. THE LANDING GEAR INDICATIONS TURNED RED. THE CREW FOLLOWED THE QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOK. AFTER WIGGLING THE LANDING GEAR LEVER, THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AS NORMAL AND THE LANDING GEAR LEVER DID NOT NEED CYCLED. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED AS NORMAL AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL LEVER. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.

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