Service difficulty report · Housing · Boeing 767300

Difficulty date
October 4, 2026
Submitted
October 5, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N179FE
Make and model
Boeing 767300
Aircraft serial
63110
Aircraft time
10,823 hours, 5,280 cycles
Part
Housing
Condition
Not Seated
Location
Zone 200
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER LOWERING MLG ON APPROACH IN MEMPHIS, RT MLG LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. ALL OTHER INDS NORMAL. NO EICAS MSG. TOWER SAID MLG LOOKED NORMAL. TAPPED LENS & LIGHT WOULD FLICKER. DID A LIGHT TEST & LIGHT REMAINED OUT. AFTER FURTHER TROUBLE SHOOTING, LIGHT LENS HOUSING LOOKED LIKE WAS NOT FULLY SEATED. CAPT PUSHED HOUSING IN WITH MORE FORCE & LIGHT ILLUMINATED NORMAL. LANDED NORMALLY. EMERGENCY DECLARED. DETERMINED THE RT MLG WAS A INDICATION PROBLEM, AFTER CAPTAIN PUSHED ON LIGHT ASSY, PROBLEM FIXED. REMOVED RT MLG INDICATION CAP ASSY & INSPECTED. NO DEFECTS NOTED. RESEATED CAP ASSY & VERIFIED IT WAS SEATED & LATCHED IAW AMM 33-16-02-02. PERFORMED LIGHT TEST & LIGHT ASSY OPS CHECKED GOOD. ACFT OK

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