Service difficulty report · Bracket · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
August 10, 2009
Submitted
August 17, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N996DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53363
Aircraft time
47,453 hours, 35,005 cycles
Part
Bracket
Condition
Broken
Location
Rt Mlg
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

LANDING GEAR HANDLE UP - RT MAIN GEAR RED LIGHT AND GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHT ON. LANDING GEAR HANDLE DOWN, ALL NORMAL INDICATIONS. FOUND RT MLG RETRACT ACTUATOR LOWER MOUNT BRACKET BROKEN. REPLACED BRACKET AND RESTORED FINISH ON RT MLG STRUT.

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