Service difficulty report · Connector · Amd FALCON2000

Difficulty date
August 9, 2011
Submitted
August 10, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N227QS
Make and model
Amd FALCON2000
Aircraft serial
127
Aircraft time
9,169 hours, 5,653 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Dirty
Location
Landing Gear
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

RED UNLOCK LIGHT DID NOT EXTINGUISH AFTER TAKEOFF. NORMAL HYD PRESSURES. PERFORMED CHECKLIST & GEAR EXTENDED NORMAL. PERFORMED MLG SWINGS. VERIFIED DISCREPANCY, MLG MOVED TO UPLOCK POSITION, BUT BOTH MLG DOORS DID NOT, NLG & DOORS MOVED TO UP POSITION BUT DID NOT LOCK, TURNED HYD CART OFF, NLG FELL BACK DOWN. VISUALLY INSPECTED MLG WIRE HARNESSES & PROXIMITY SENSORS, NO DEFECTS. INSPECTED NLG, MANUALLY SET NLG UPLOCK CLOSED & ON INCREASING PRESSURE FROM HYD CART, NLG UPLOCK RESET OPEN. DISCONNECTED NLG PROXIMITY SWITCH CONNECTORS & CHECKED FOR DEFECTS, NONE NOTED. RECONNECTED NLG CONNECTORS, GEAR SWINGS SUCCESSFULLY. DISCONNECTED & CLEANED MLG CONNECTORS. PERFORMED SWINGS SUCCESSFULLY. NORMAL OPS.