Service difficulty report · Actuator · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
November 2, 2002
Submitted
November 13, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N806DE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48477
Aircraft time
46,427 hours, 5,397 cycles
Part
Actuator
Condition
Leaking
Location
Mlg Overcenter
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT ON FIRST ATTEMPT. SECOND ATTEMPT SUCCESSFULL. PERFORMED GEAR SWING TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. SWUNG GEAR 4 TIMES. NO PROBLEMS NOTED. SYSTEM CHECKS GOOD. DURING GEAR SWING, FOUND LT GEAR OVERCENTER LOCK ACTUATOR LEAKING . R & R LT GEAR OVER CENTER LOCK ACTUATOR PER M/M.

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