Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
April 4, 2006
Submitted
April 13, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N948DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49879
Aircraft time
44,305 hours, 34,780 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Left
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER T/O LEFT MAIN GEAR UNSAFE RED LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ACCOMPLISHED CHECKLIST. RECYCLED GEAR AND LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. JACKED A/C, FOUND LT MLG DOWNLOCK CONDUIT RUBBING UPLATCH, LOCK SENSOR BACKSHELL REPOSITIONED CONDUIT RAN GEAR SEVERAL WITH NO TROUBLE FOUND. DOWN JACKED A/C, REMOVED JACK PADS, ALSO VERIFIED UPLATCH ACTUATOR NOT GETTING HOT. A/C OK FOR SERVICE.

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