Service difficulty report · Door · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
April 22, 2009
Submitted
April 30, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N966DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53115
Aircraft time
48,385 hours, 36,746 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Damaged
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
LD
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

DURING FCF RT MLG RED UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AT 30,000 DURING CLIMB. PERFORMED QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOK 14.8 PROCEDURE. AFTER THIS PROCEDURE THEN HAD A GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHT ILLUMINATED. QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOK 14.7. EMERGENCY LANDING WAS DECLARED AND A SAFE LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. REMOVED AND REPLACED RT MLG DOOR AND PERFORMED ADJUSTMENTS AND OPS CHECKS PER DELTA OPN AND AMM.

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