Service difficulty report · Spring · Boeing 717200

Difficulty date
June 7, 2015
Submitted
June 9, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N896AT
Make and model
Boeing 717200
Aircraft serial
55048
Aircraft time
29,991 hours, 20,114 cycles
Part
Spring
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
AP
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

DECLARED AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND USING NORMAL PROCEDURES. THE ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION WAS SUCCESSFUL AND THE FLIGHT CREW HAD A 3 GREEN INDICATIONS PRIOR TO AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. THE ACFT WAS MAINTENANCE FERRIED FOR REPAIR. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL PERFORMED MULTIPLE GEAR SWINGS WITH NO FAULTS NOTED, HOWEVER, THE PROXIMITY SWITCH ELECTRONICS UNIT, PSEU, FAULTED THE NOSE DOWNLOCK SENSOR B AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL VALVE, BUNGEE CYCLINDER AND RETRACT ACTUATOR WERE ALL REPLACED WITH NO POSITIVE EFFECT. THE OVERCENTER PIN INSTALLATION APPEARED INCORRECT. THE INSTALLATION WAS CORRECTED AND THE OVERCENTER SPRINGS WERE ADJUSTED AS WELL AS THE VERIFYING THE PROPER GAP DIMENSION OF THE DOWN SENSOR B. NUMEROUS GEAR SWINGS WERE PERFORMED WITH NO SUBSEQUENT FAULTS. THE PSEU WAS ALSO REPLACED AS A PRECAUTION, LP 7240019. THE ACFT HAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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