Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
June 8, 2012
Submitted
June 11, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N576FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48501
Aircraft time
64,887 hours, 13,731 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
M, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

EXTENDED MLG AT 8000 FT MSL/250KTS DURING CLIMBOUT DUE TO INCREASING BRAKE TEMP ON RT MLG. AFTER BRAKE TEMP STABILIZED, MLG WAS RETRACTED BEFORE SLOWING TO 230 KTS. NOSE GEAR LAST ONE TO STOW/LOCK DID NOT STOW LOCK UNTIL SLOW'G TO 240KTS. PERFORMED OPS TEST OF THE ANTISKID CONTROL UNIT IAW AMM32-45-01-5. TESTED NORMAL. PERFORMED THE A SCU R-T-S TEST AND ABS REQUIRED TEST. TESTED NORMAL. IAW AMM 32-48-00-5 AND AMM 32-45-00-5. PERFORMED OVERSPEED MLG INSPECTION ADN CHECK IAW AMM 05-51-07-6. CHECKED NORMAL. ACFT OK FOR SERVICE.

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