Service difficulty report · Warning Light · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
November 13, 2013
Submitted
November 13, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N596FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48554
Aircraft time
72,825 hours, 13,776 cycles
Part
Warning Light
Condition
False Indication
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

ON FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT, LANDING GEAR SHOWED ALL UNSAFE, CONFIGUATION DISPLAYED ALSO, CYCLED GEAR AND ALL SHOWED SAFE. TOWER STATED GEAR WAS DOWN ON FIRST ATTEMPT. PERFORMED TEST OF PROXIMITY SWITCH ELECTRONICS UNIT, IAW MM 31-71-01-2. ALL UNITS FUNCTIONED AND SENSOR READINGS WERE NORMAL. BOTH SYSTEMS SHOW GREEN DOWN WITH HANDLE DOWN AND RED WITH DISAGREEMENT OF HANDLE TO GEAR. NO PROBLEMS NOTED WITH GEAR INDICATION.

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