Service difficulty report · Downlock Bracket · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
February 26, 2014
Submitted
March 3, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N287SK
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145460
Aircraft time
31,223 hours, 25,829 cycles
Engine
Rroyce AE3007A1P
Engine time
20,596 hours, 20,656 cycles
Part
Downlock Bracket
Part number
11700008
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED THAT DURING CLIMB THE LG WOULD NOT RETRACT & A LG AIR & GND FAIL MSG APPEARED. THE CREW RETURNED TO FIELD & LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX REPLACED THE NLG AIR & GND PROXIMITY SWITCH BRACKET. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.

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