Service difficulty report · Actuator · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
December 7, 2021
Submitted
December 8, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N528FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48623
Aircraft time
70,643 hours, 15,443 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
ARG73765517
Part serial
AA5
Condition
Leaking
Location
N/A
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
V
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 528 32-30 9512 06DEC21 OAK OPEN U AT GEAR RETRACTION, LT MAIN REMAINED RED WITH OTHER GEAR LIGHTS OUT, CYCLED GEAR BACK DOWN AND GOT 4 GREEN LIGHTS. RETRACTED THE GEAR HANDLE UP AND ALL LIGHTS REMAINED RED AND NO LIGHTS OUT WITH GEAR HANDLE CONFIRMED UP. PUT GEAR HANDLE BACK DOWN AND LEFT MAIN GRAVITY FELL IMMEDIATELY TO GREEN AND OTHER 3 TOOK NORMAL SEQUENCING TIME TO GREEN. RETURNED TO OAK TO NORMAL LANDING. NO OTHER INDICATIONS OTHER THAN 2750 PSI SYS 3 WHILE CYCLING THE GEAR. TAXI BACK UNEVENTFUL. 06DEC21 22:46 OAK R ATA CHANGED:: NEW ATA ::3230 OLD ATA ::0 CHANGED BY ::658072 CHANGED ON ::2021-12-06 22:46:56.12 REPLACED LEFT GEAR RETRACT CYCLINDER DUE TO ACTUATOR BYE PASSING. REF MD-11 AMM 32-33-20-4 OPS CHECK AND LEAK CHECK GOOD NO LEAKS NOTED.

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