Service difficulty report · Handle · Doug MD1010F

Difficulty date
October 14, 2009
Submitted
October 20, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N370FE
Make and model
Doug MD1010F
Aircraft serial
46608
Aircraft time
76,711 hours, 31,104 cycles
Part
Handle
Part number
ABH7357513
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Zone 200
Stage of operation
DE
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

ON FINAL, GEAR HANDLE PLACED DOWN & PRIMARY INDICATIONS WERE ALL THREE RED AND ALL THREE GEAR SHOWED RED ON CONFIG PAGE. RETRACTED GEAR & RAN QRH. ALL GEAR THEN EXTENDED NORMALLY. SUSPECT GEAR HANDLE NOT ALL THE WAY IN ON FINAL. ALL INDICATIONS OPS CK NORMAL REF PER MM 32-60-00-0. FOUND LARGE AMOUNT OF DUST IN LANDING GEAR LEVER ASSY. GEAR HANDLE SLIDER WAS SLOW TO RETRACT, CAUSING THE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHTS(RED)TO STAY RED. CLEANED DUST/DEBRIS FROM SLIDER AND SWITCHES FROM LEVER ASSY. LUBED SLIDER ON GEAR HANDLE. INSTALLED GEAR PINS AND CHECKED POSITION LIGHT WITH GEAR HANDLE- ALL CHECKS GOOD. GEAR PINS REMOVED.

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