Service difficulty report · Latch · Doug MD1010F

Difficulty date
November 15, 2012
Submitted
November 29, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N396FE
Make and model
Doug MD1010F
Aircraft serial
46630
Aircraft time
81,164 hours, 33,440 cycles
Part
Latch
Condition
Broken
Location
Mlg Door
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

AFTER TAKE OFF, RT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. CONFIRMED BOTH ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY INDICATIONS NO PROBLEMS OR UNSAFE INDICATIONS WITH GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. AIRSPEED NEVER EXCEEDED 220 KIAS INSPECTED RT MLG, FOUND RT MLG DOOR LATCH ASSY BROKEN OFF DOOR CASTING. REMOVED AND REPLACED RT MLG DOOR IAW AMM 32-14-01-2 UP TO ITEM "7B". TRIMMED MLG DOOR FOR CLEARANCE REF MM32-14-01. ADJUSTED RT MLG DOOR CYLINDER PER MM 32-14-01-2 UP TO AND INCLUDING STEP 8(L). INSTALLED RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOOR LATCH ROLLER LINK AND ADJUSTED PER MM 32-34-03-2. CONTINUED ON WITH GEAR/DOOR RETRACTION CHECK PER MM 32-14-01-2 UP TO AND INCLUDING STEP 3D(15). OPS CHECKED RT MLG DOOR IAW 3D(14) A&B AND 16 THRU STEP 24 OPS CHECK GOOD AT THIS TIME AND ALL CHECKS AND CLEARANCES GOOD REF AMM 32-14-01-2,32-34-03-2-1,32-34-03-2, WORK INSTRUCTION WORK CARD PART 1 EO 8-5280-7-5000 AND ERS 12-06074.

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