Service difficulty report · Mechanism · Doug MD1010F

Difficulty date
February 18, 2011
Submitted
February 28, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N68053
Make and model
Doug MD1010F
Aircraft serial
47807
Aircraft time
69,269 hours, 28,709 cycles
Part
Mechanism
Condition
Out Of Rig
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

ON FINAL APPROACH, AFTER PUTTING GEAR HANDLE DOWN AND WAITING TWICE THE NORMAL TIME FOR GREEN INDICATION, ALL 3 GEAR WERE STILL RED, HANDLE WAS CHECKED IN AND HYDRO QTY AND PRESSURE WERE BOTH GOOD. ELECTED TO CYCLE GEAR AFTER A LONG PAUSE AGAIN, THE GEAR FINALLY CAME DOWN. UNEVENTFUL LANDING. RIGGED LANDING GEAR CONTROL MECHANISM REF AMM 32-31-02-2 AND PERFORMED GEAR SWING REF AMM 32-30-00-5. GEAR HANDLE AND SWING OPS CHECK GOOD, NO FAULTS NOTED.

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