Service difficulty report · Link · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
June 12, 2022
Submitted
June 13, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N631FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48454
Aircraft time
108,474 hours, 22,154 cycles
Part
Link
Condition
Lack Of Lube
Location
Rt Mlg Door
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

ON GEAR RETRACTION THE RIGHT GEAR INDICATED RED ON BOTH THE GEAR HANDLE LIGHTS AND THE SYNOPTIC. RAN THE QRH LOWERED GEAR IN FLIGHT HAD GOOD DOWN INDICATIONS. RAISED GEAR AGAIN STILL RED ON BOTH FOR THE RIGHT GEAR. DECIDED TO RETURN. EMERGENCY DECLARED, AT THE GATE & HYD WAS TURNED OFF, RT GEAR DOOR STARTED TO FALL. DROPPED THE RT GEAR DOOR AND FOUND THE DOOR LINK & BRACKET WAS NOT MOVING FREELY, C/W RT GEAR DOOR LATCH ROLLER LINK LINK LUBE IAW MM 12-21-02-3 & ADJUSTED THE DOOR LINK TO BRACKET ATTACH BOLT IAW MM 32-34-05-5, DOOR LINK MOVES FREELY AND GEAR DOOR IS STAYING UP AND LOCKED IN POSITION. ACFT OK TO CONTINUE.

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