Service difficulty report · Uplock Sensor · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
June 15, 2006
Submitted
June 19, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N948DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49879
Aircraft time
44,789 hours, 35,119 cycles
Part
Uplock Sensor
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

NOSE GEAR UNSAFE AFTER GEAR RETRACTION. CYCLED GEAR AND LIGHTS WERE NORMAL. COMPLIED WITH OPN 50006. LANDING GEAR STRUT TROUBLESHOOTING. NO TROUBLE FOUND. TMC SUGGESTS REPLACE NOSE GEAR SENOR. REPLACED UPLOCK SENSOR D1-32. A/C OK FOR SERVICE.

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