Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
January 30, 2018
Submitted
January 31, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N979DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53266
Aircraft time
70,504 hours, 51,622 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nose
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER PUTTING DOWN LANDING GEAR, NOSE GEAR GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED DID NOT ILLUMINATE. PUSH TO TEST BULBS (GREEN) DID NOT ILLUMINATE BUT PEDESTAL INDICATOR WAS OUT, INDICATING DOWN AND LOCKED. COMPLIED WITH QRH. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITH NO ISSUES. REPLACED NOSE GEAR INTERLOCK S1-412 AND LANDING GEAR INTERLOCK R2-262, REPLACED B5-75 WARNING LIGHT DIM AND TEST UNIT 2, REPLACED PROXIMITY SENSOR D1-31 AND REPLACED PSEU IAW AMM 32-60. PERFORMED A NLG SENSOR INTEGRITY CHECK IAW WORK CARD 3262-01015-0401. JACKED NOSE AND PERFORMED A GEAR SWING OF NOSE LANDING GEAR IAW AMM 07-12. ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL. PROXIMITY SENSOR D1-31 REPLACED IAW SWPM 20.

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