SDR GAIA9880

Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug DC915F

Difficulty date
August 10, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N112PS
Make and model
Doug DC915F
Aircraft serial
47013
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Rt Mlg Ww
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

KHA - FLT 322 - YIP - ELP - ON CLIMB-OUT FROM YIP, AFTER RETRACTING THE LANDING GEAR, THE UPLATCH CHECK WAS UNSATISFACTORY. THE CREW DECIDED TO RETURN TO YIP. ON GEAR EXTENSION, THREE GREEN LIGHTS CAME ON AND THE RIGHT MAIN RED LIGHT CAME ON. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. INSPECTION FOUND, THE RIGHT MLG DOWNLOCK SWITCH CONDUIT PINCHED AND THE WIRES PULLED FROM THE CONNECTOR. THE CONNECTOR WAS REPLACED AND THE WIRES WERE SPLICED. THE SYSTEM WAS OPS CHECKED PER DC9 MM. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)

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