Service difficulty report · Switch · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
December 19, 2001
Submitted
January 9, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N976DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53257
Aircraft time
30,149 hours, 23,752 cycles
Part
Switch
Part number
833703
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

ON FINAL APPROACH GREEN NOSE GEAR LT DID NOT ILLUMINATE, NO RED LIGHT GEAR WAS CYCLED IAW POM CKLIST WITH SAME RESULT. NOSE GEAR PIN ON THROTTLE QUADRANT INDICATED THE NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN. ON NEXT APPROACH WHEN GEAR WAS LOWERED ALL INDICATIONS (LTS AND PIN) WERE NORMAL. REPLACED NOSE GEAR LOCKED PROX SW D1-32 AND NOSE GEAR POS INTERLOCK SW S1-412. RAN NOSE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES. ALL INDS NORMAL. OP CHECKS GOOD PER MM.

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