Service difficulty report · Wire Harness · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
December 5, 2013
Submitted
December 5, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N625FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48753
Aircraft time
64,868 hours, 11,884 cycles
Part
Wire Harness
Condition
Out Of Position
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S, N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

UPON GEAR RETRACTION, THE NOSE GEAR PRIMARY INDICATOR REMAINED RED, SECONDARY INDICATOR SHOWED NORMAL. CYCLED GEAR & ALL INDICATORS RETURNED TO NORMAL. DURING VISUAL INSPECTION & CREW DEBRIEF FOUND THAT WIRE HARNESS NR ACP8600-508 FOR THE NLG LIGHTS WAS HANGING DOWN & GOT STUCK BETWEEN THE NLG LOCKED PROXIMITY SENSOR. WHEN THEY RETRACTED THE GEAR, THE WIRE HARNESS SHIELDING CLEARED THE TARGET & OPERATIONS CHECKED NORMAL. IAW MD11 MM 32-61-00-5 SYS OPERATIONS CHECKED NORMAL.

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