SDR GAIA9503

Service difficulty report · Gear Selector · Doug DC915F

Difficulty date
February 16, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N563PC
Make and model
Doug DC915F
Aircraft serial
47055
Part
Gear Selector
Part number
5955996501
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Inst Panel
Part time
46,806 hours
Stage of operation
AP
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

YIP/OKC - FLT 511 - DURING APPROACH TO OKC, FLIGHT CREW DISCOVERED LANDING GEAR SELECTOR WOULD NOT MOVE DOWN. ABNORMAL LANDING GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED AND THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED. PRIOR TO CROSSING THE OUTER MARKER, THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR WAS TRIED AGAIN AND MOVED TO THE DOWN POSITION. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR WAS LUBRICATED AND A DRAIN LINE WAS REPOSITIONED, THE GEAR SELECTOR WAS OPERATED SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO BINDING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NON-REVENUE FERRIED TO DFW AND A RETRACTION TEST WAS PERFORMED WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED, AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (X)

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