Service difficulty report · Uplock Actuator · Doug DC951

Difficulty date
July 3, 2010
Submitted
July 8, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N670MC
Make and model
Doug DC951
Aircraft serial
47659
Aircraft time
66,711 hours, 64,343 cycles
Part
Uplock Actuator
Condition
Leaking
Location
Rt Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON DEPARTURE UPLATCH CHECK UNSATISFACTORY. LEFT AND RIGHT MLG UNSAFE LIGHTS AND GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FOLLOWED QRH, WITH GEAR HANDLE DOWN, MLG INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED, BUT GEAR DOOR LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. UNDER DIRECTION OF MCC RETURNED TO DTW. GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHT EXTINGUISHED BELOW 1K AGL. NO FAULT HISTORY ON PSEU. MAINTENANCE JACKED AND SWUNG GEAR SEVERAL TIMES AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE ISSUE. FOUND THE RIGHT MLG UPLATCH ASSEMBLY WAS LEAKING. BOTH MLG UPLATCH FAILED THE BUSHING CHECK. BOTH MLG UPLATCH ASSEMBLIES WERE REPLACED (RIGHT TSO 5,649 CYCLES, LEFT TSO 8,233 CYCLES). MAINTENANCE ALSO FOUND THE RIGHT I/B MLG DOOR OUT OF ADJUSTMENT, TWO SHIMS WERE REMOVED.

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