Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Doug MD9030

Difficulty date
August 14, 2016
Submitted
August 18, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N961DN
Make and model
Doug MD9030
Aircraft serial
53531
Aircraft time
49,208 hours, 25,828 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Malfunctioned
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

PERFORMED AN AIR TURN BACK, DUE TO THREE RED GEAR UNSAFE INDICATIONS WITH GEAR HORN AFTER LIFT OFF. GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE RAISED POSITION. COMPLIED WITH QRH 14.5. PLACED GEAR HANDLE DOWN NOSE GEAR INDICATION STAYED RED. INCREASED SPEED TO 250 KTS. NOSE GEAR RED UNSAFE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. UNEVENTFUL LANDING. REMOVED, REPLACED AND ADJUSTED NLG LOCKED SWITCH, D1-32 AND GEAR HANDLE SWITCH, S1-89. PERFORMED GEAR SWING PER AMM. ALL INDICATIONS AND OPERATIONS NORMAL. NLG STRUT SERVICE CHECKED GOOD PER AMM. AIRCRAFT OKAY FOR SERVICE. (LP#8869798)

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