Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 747273C

Difficulty date
August 22, 2011
Submitted
August 24, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N471EV
Make and model
Boeing 747273C
Aircraft serial
20651
Aircraft time
106,222 hours
Part
Wire
Condition
Damaged
Location
Landing Gear
Stage of operation
CL
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

UPON GEAR RETRACTION UNSAFE WARNING HORN SOUNDED, RED GEAR LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND RT BODY TILT ACT ON F/E'S PANEL. AFTER TIME AURAL WARNING CB PULLED TO SILENCE HORN AND EXTINGUISHED RED GEAR LIGHT, CB RESET. RT BLG TILT ON F/E PANEL ILLUMINATED AFTER GEAR RETRACTION (ALTERNATE). PERFORMED AURAL WARNING SYSTEM PER B747 MM 32-61-00, FAILED. PERFORMED LANDING GEAR POSITION AND INDICATING T/S PER B747 MM 32-61-00. FOUND WIRING ON RT WLG AT FAULT PER B747 32-61-21, 32-61-11. REPAIRED RT WLG ALT AND PRIMARY DOWN LOCK SWITCH WIRING PER SWPM 20-10-13. WIRING RANG GOOD. PERFORMED AURAL WARNING SYSTEM TEST PER B747 MM 31-26-00, OPS CHECK GOOD. PERFORMED LANDING GEAR POSITION AND INDICATING T/S TEST PER B747 MM 32-61-00. OPS CHECK GOOD. REPLACED AURAL WARNING SYSTEM CONTROL CARD FILE LOGIC BOX PER B747 MM 31-26-03 OPS CHECK GOOD PERFORMED T/S AND OPS CHECK PER B747 MM 31-26-00, 32-61-00 OPS CHECK GOOD. CLEANED ALTERNATE CARD. NO DEFECTS NOTED.