Service difficulty report · Handle · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
June 20, 2014
Submitted
June 23, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N524FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48480
Aircraft time
67,732 hours, 12,119 cycles
Part
Handle
Part number
ABH7357513
Condition
Dirty
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF LG RETRACTED NORMALLY BUT ALL 4 PRIMARY INDICATIONS & SYNOPTIC PAGE CONFIG REMAINED RED. CYCLED GEAR IAW QRH. DOWN GREEN & RETRACT RED. INSPECTED GEAR HANDLE & FOUND TO BE STICKING OUT WHEN PULLED & WOULD NOT SEAT ALL THE WAY BACK IN CAUSING UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION TO STAY ON. CLEANED & LUBED GEAR HANDLE, THEN COMPLETED SEVERAL GEAR SWINGS. COMPLETED A SYS TEST OF THE PSEU & TEST WAS GOOD.

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