Service difficulty report · Cable · Doug MD9030

Difficulty date
November 28, 2016
Submitted
December 9, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N941DN
Make and model
Doug MD9030
Aircraft serial
53555
Aircraft time
39,167 hours, 33,051 cycles
Part
Cable
Condition
Broken
Location
Landing Gear
Stage of operation
CL
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

PERFORMED AN AIR TURN BACK TO ATL DUE TO LANDING GEAR HANDLE WOULD NOT GO UP. CREW REPORTS GEAR HANDLE WOULD NOT GO PAST MID POSITION. PLACED LEVER BACK IN DOWN POSITION, HAD ALL 3 GEAR GREEN LIGHTS AND GEAR DOORS CLOSED. NORMAL LANDING. FOUND ANTI-RETRACTION CABLE SEGMENT 118A BROKEN. REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE CABLE SEGMENT REF AMM 32-31-06. PERFORMED LANDING GEAR EXT/RETRACT TEST. NORMAL AND ALTERNATE TEST GOOD. ALL OPERATIONS NORMAL PER AMM 32-30-00.

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