SDR GAIA9602

Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug DC915F

Difficulty date
February 9, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N562PC
Make and model
Doug DC915F
Aircraft serial
47012
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Lt Mlg
Part time
45,123 hours
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

KHA FERRY FLT NR 562 - LRD-DFW - ON APPROACH TO DFW, AFTER EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED GREEN LIGHT WOULD NOT COME ON. ABNORMAL PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR AND AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. INSPECTION REVEALED A BROKEN WIRE ON THE LEFT MLG DOWN LOCK SWITCH CONNECTOR. REPAIRED WIRE AND OPS CHECKED SYSTEM PER DC9 MM. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)

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