Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Boeing 727224

Difficulty date
August 23, 2001
Submitted
August 24, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N747DH
Make and model
Boeing 727224
Aircraft serial
22253
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Lt & Rt Mlg
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

UPON APPR & GEAR EXTENSION THE NOSE, LT & RT MAIN GEAR GREEN & RED LIGHTS ILLUMIN. DOOR LIGHT WAS EXTINGUISHED, TAIL SKID LIGHT WAS ILLUMIN WITH S/O GEAR DOOR LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED. SECONDARY GEAR INDICATIONS INDICATED NORM DOWN & LOCKED ALL GEARS. CYCLED GEAR, LT GEAR & NOSE RETRACTED NORM. RT GEAR GREEN LIGHT EXTINGUISHED, RED LIGHT & DOORS LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMIN S/O RT GEAR LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMIN. ABOUT 45 SEC AFTER NOSE AND LT MAIN CYCLED UP, RT MAIN SUDDENLY RETRACTED WITH A THUMP AND ALL LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED. SELECTED GEAR DOWN, GEAR AND DOORS CYCLED DOWN NORM. FLY-BY, ALL APPEARED NORM. LANDING NORM. LUBED RT MLG, SWUNG GEAR SEVERAL TIMES, ALL INDICATIONS NORM IAW B727 MM 32-32-0.