Service difficulty report · Bracket · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
August 8, 2017
Submitted
August 9, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N909DE
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53418
Aircraft time
61,679 hours, 47,975 cycles
Part
Bracket
Condition
Broken
Location
Door Open Sensor
Stage of operation
CL
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

AFTER TAKE OFF, THE GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. ON APPROACH DOOR LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. RAN QRH AND SELECTED ALTERNATE GEAR. FOUND RIGHT MLG DOOR OPEN PROXIMITY SENSOR BRACKET BROKEN. REPLACED SENSOR BRACKET. ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL.

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