Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Doug MD9030

Difficulty date
November 4, 2018
Submitted
November 6, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N924DN
Make and model
Doug MD9030
Aircraft serial
53586
Aircraft time
48,122 hours, 31,871 cycles
Part
Cylinder
Part number
59370365507
Part serial
EFS1442
Condition
Bypassing
Location
Mlg
Part time
17,650 hours, 10,375 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON CLIMBOUT GOT LEFT GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT W/ ASSOCIATED AUTO SPOILER FAIL MESSAGE ON OAP. EXECUTED QRH 4.16 PROCEDURE & LOWERED GEAR AT 230 IAS. GEAR INDICATIONS NORMAL, HOWEVER AUTO SPOILER FAIL ANNUNCIATOR REMAINED THRU LANDING. ANNUNCIATOR WENT AWAY ONCE WE SWAPPED POWER ON SHUTDOWN. CONTINUED FROM ABOVE, AND WAS ABLE TO ARM THE SPOILER HANDLE. JACKED A/C. FOUND LT RETRACT CYLINDER BYPASSING. REPLACED RETRACT CYLINDER PER MD90 AMM 32-33-01 OPS AND LEAK CHK GOOD. (LP# 4989006)

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