Service difficulty report · Switch · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
February 14, 2020
Submitted
February 18, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N583FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48421
Aircraft time
88,750 hours, 20,530 cycles
Part
Switch
Part number
V3101
Condition
Unsecure
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

PDIS 583 32-10 9710 14FEB20 IND OPEN AFTER DEPARTING KDTW AND SELECTING THE GEAR HANDLE UP, THE GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT WHICH WAS VERIFIED ON BOTH THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY INDICATIONS. COMPLIED WITH QRH PROCEDURE WHICH RESULTED IN GEAR SAFELY DOWN/LOCKED, THEN WHEN DIRECTED TO RAISE THE GEAR AGAIN PER THE QRH, THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY INDICATIONS SHOWED ALL 4 GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT. DIVERTED TO KIND REF FIM 32-30-01-01 AND WDM 32-63-01 PG 1 CHECKED GEAR HANDLE SWITCH S1-431 AND FOUND WIRE 2-20 DISCONNECTED FROM SWITCH. SO WE WILL CHANGE THE SWITCH PERFORMED MULTIPLE SUCCESSFUL GEAR SWINGS IAW MD11 AMM 32-31-00-5. PERFORMED PSEU FUNTIONAL TEST IAW MD11 AMM 31-71-01-2, TEST PASSES AND NO FAULTS IN PESU. OPS CHK NORMAL OK FOR SVC.

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