Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
July 20, 2012
Submitted
July 20, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N585FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48481
Aircraft time
69,093 hours, 14,304 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Malfunctioned
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 TAKE OFF, RETRACTED LANDING GEAR, CENTER GEAR CUBE FLASHED RED (UNSAFE) RAN QRH CONFIG SYNOPTIC SHOWED CTR GEAR SAFE. FLASHING CENTER GEAR LIGHT APPROXIMATELY 25 MIN THEN STOPPED. NO FURTHER INDICATION PROBLEMS. ON EXTENSION OF GEAR FOR LANDING. THRU ROLLOUT AND TAXI, ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL. PERFORMED VISUAL CHECK OF WIRING HARNESS AND TARGETS FOR SECURITY AS A PERCAUTION. NO EVIDENCE OF VISUAL DAMAGE TO WIRING AND TARGETS FIRMLY SECURED. PERFORMED CENTER LANDING GEAR PROXIMITY SENSOR TEST IAW MM 32-61-16-5. INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL IAW SUB TASK 32-61-16-741-006. ACFT OK TO CONTINUE.

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