Service difficulty report · Proximity Sensor · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
October 21, 2025
Submitted
October 22, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N573FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48769
Aircraft time
83,402 hours, 19,112 cycles
Part
Proximity Sensor
Part number
862701
Part serial
00601
Condition
Faulted
Location
Nlg
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

RIGHT MLG UNSAFE BOTH PRI & SEC WITH GEAR HANDLE UP. COMPLIED WITH QRH. LOWERED LG. SAFE INDICATIONS ALL FOUR. RAISED GEAR HNDLE PER QRH. UNSAFE RMLG & NLG. UPON ARRIVAL, SLOWED FROM 250 TO 230. NLG AUDIBLE CHANGE AND INDICATED SAFE UP. SUBSEQUENT LOWERING OF GEAR HNDLE 4 SAFE DOWN. AIR TURN BACK. FOUND NLG LOCK LINK PROXIMITY SENSOR TARGET INSTALLED WITH PRELOAD. LOOSENED TARGET MOUNT BOLTS, TARGET RECENTERED, RETIGHTENED HARDWARE REF 20-50-02. CHECKED AND VERIFIED NLG LOCKED PROXIMITY SENSOR GAPS TO BE WITHIN LIMITS IAW AMM 32-61-17-5. COMPLIED WITH FULL GEAR SWING IAW AMM 32-31-00-5. REFERENCE WRI 32-60/1358 FOR ALL RII REQUIREMENTS. ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL AT THIS TIME. A/C REMAINS ON JACKS.

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