Service difficulty report · Bracket · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
December 14, 2013
Submitted
December 16, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N967DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53116
Aircraft time
59,506 hours, 44,470 cycles
Part
Bracket
Condition
Cracked
Location
Sensor Target
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE AT FL330, "GEAR DOOR OPEN" LIGHT ILLUMINATED. LIGHT STAYED ON AFTER GEAR WAS LOWERED AND SLOWED TO APPROACH SPEED. DECLARED EMERGENCY. QRH PROCEDURE ACCOMPLISHED AND LANDED WITH EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE EXTENDED. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE LT GEAR DOOR PROXIMITY SENSOR TARGET BRACKET TO BE CRACKED. BOTH THE LT GEAR TARGET BRACKET AND THE PROXIMITY SENSOR WERE REPLACED AND ADJUSTED. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING THE RT DOOR CLOSED PROXIMITY SENSOR RESISTANCE VALUE WAS FOUND READING HIGH AND SO IT WAS REPLACED AS WELL. REPLACED BUMPER AND SKID ON LT DOOR AND SKID ON RT DOOR. GEAR SWING AND PSEU TEST GOOD.

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