Service difficulty report · Uplock · Gulstm 200

Difficulty date
April 17, 2013
Submitted
April 18, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N731QS
Make and model
Gulstm 200
Aircraft serial
123
Aircraft time
5,931 hours, 3,719 cycles
Part
Uplock
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Lt Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, RETRACTED GEAR AND RECEIVED A GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION ON LT MLG. RED HASHES. RETURNED TO DPARTURE & WHEN MLG WAS SELECTED DOWN, RECEIVED THREE GREEN. PERFORMED UPLOCK ADJUSTMENT, PERFORMED MAXIMUM RETRACTION PRESSURE CHECK AND FOUND LT AFT UPLOCK OUT OF ADJUSTEMNT. ADJUSTED AFT UPLOCK IAW AMM 32-10-11 AND VERIFIED PROPER RETRACTION PRESSURE WITH AND WITHOUT WEIGHTS ON GEAR DOOR. FOUND PRESSURES WITHIN LIMITS. VERIFIED LATERAL GAP OF FWD AND AFT UPLOCKS WITHIN LIMITS. PERFORMED SEVERAL RETRACTION AND EXTENSION CYCLES WITH NO DEFECT IAW AMM 32-30-00.