Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
May 8, 2007
Submitted
May 14, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N966DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53115
Aircraft time
44,904 hours, 34,382 cycles
Part
Wire
Part number
G237D20BL
Condition
Broken
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

ON DEPARTURE FROM MCO, RED NLG UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUM WITH HANDLE UP NOSE GEAR IND PIN WAS FLUSH NO VIBES FELT PER CL LANDING HANDLE MOVED TO EXT POSITION NOSE GEAR REMAIN RED NLG IND PIN IND GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. BIT CHK OF PSEU IND FAULT CODE 457 NLG SENSOR DOWNLOCK WIRING FOUND AND REPAIR BROKEN SENSOR WIRE PSEU BITE CKS NML NLG SWUNG AND NOW CKS NORMAL.

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