Service difficulty report · Uplock · Amd FALCON2000

Difficulty date
October 14, 2011
Submitted
October 17, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N258QS
Make and model
Amd FALCON2000
Aircraft serial
158
Aircraft time
8,772 hours, 5,400 cycles
Part
Uplock
Part number
C242450062
Part serial
H1302
Condition
Inoperative
Part time
8,772 hours, 5,400 cycles
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

ON TAKEOFF, DURING GEAR RETRACTION GEAR HANDLE LIGHT REMAINED FLASHING AND ALL 3 RED DOOR LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. ABNORMAL CHECKLIST WAS FOLLOWED, LANDING GEAR EXTENDED AND 3 GREEN LOCKED LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. POSTFLIGHT WAS NORMAL. REMOVED NLG UPLOCK ASSY AND INSTALLED REPAIRED UPLOCK ASSY, PERFORMED BLEEDING, ADJUSTMENT, AND FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF NLG UPLOCK AND SYS. WORK DONE IAW AMM 32-322, 32-309, 29-005. FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF NLG UPLOCK ASSY AND SYS. WORK DONE IAW AMM 32-300.