Service difficulty report · Handle · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
October 28, 2012
Submitted
October 29, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N620FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48791
Aircraft time
45,466 hours, 10,572 cycles
Part
Handle
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

RAISED GEAR HANDLE ALL FOUR GEAR INDICATED UNSAFE "RED" ON ALL PRIMARY AND SECONDARY INDICATIONS. CHECKED GEAR HANDLE AND FOUND TO BE OPERATIONAL BUT SLIDING HANDLE WAS GUMMED UP AND WOULD INTERMITTENTLY SLIDE INTO EITHER UP OR DOWN LOCKING POSITION. REMOVED DISPLAY UNITS NR 3 & NR 4 IAW AMM 31-61-03-2. VACUUMED AND BRUSHED LINT AND CLEANED DIRT FROM GEAR HANDLE ASSY; LUBED SLIDING HANDLE IAW AMM 32-31-00-7. COCKPIT LANDING GEAR POSITION INDICATION GOOD IAW AMM 32-61-00-5. REINSTALLED AND TESTED DISPLAY UNITS 3 & 4 IAW AMM 31-61-03-2. MEM U JACKED ACFT IAW AMM 07-11-00-2. SWUNG GEAR IAW AMM 32-31-00-5; HANDLE OPERATES NORMALLY AND ALL INDICATIONS GOOD. MEM U DOWN JACKED ACFT IAW AMM 07-11-00-2.

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