Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
February 14, 2002
Submitted
February 18, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N807DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
45990
Part
Wire
Condition
Damaged
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

WITH GEAR DOWN, NO LEFT MLG DOWN INDICATION. DURING CYCLING OF LANDING GEAR, THE LOWER NOSE GEAR LAMP ALSO FAILED BUT ILLUMINATED AGAIN ON TOUCHDOWN. NO GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH FAILURE. FOUND WIRE FROM SWITCH S1-208 CONNECTOR P1-1397 PIN L, GOING TO TERMINAL BLOCK S3-70 TERMINAL 2 OPEN, REPAIRED WIRE FROM CONNECTOR TO TERMINAL, CHECKED NORMAL INDICATION.

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