Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug DC931

Difficulty date
June 30, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N969ML
Make and model
Doug DC931
Aircraft serial
47268
Part
Wire
Part number
H146
Condition
Broken
Location
Gear Door
Stage of operation
CL
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

DTW - FLT 566 - GEAR HANDLE PLACED IN UP POSITION, ALL GEAR DOOR LIGHTS WENT OUT; 30 SECONDS LATER 'GEAR DOOR OPEN' LIGHT CAME ON (HIGH PRESS/QTY OPS NORMAL). 'SPOILER CONTROL' CB TRIPPED. C/W FCOM PROCEDURES (LIGHT REMAINED ON WITH RT HYD PUMP IN 'HIGH' POSITION). WHEN GEAR PLACED DOWN POSITION FOR LANDING, GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. ALL GEAR DOOR LIGHTS OPERATED NORMALLY. REPAIRED BROKEN WIRE ON LT DOOR SWITCH IAW DC-9 WIRING DIA 32-61-00. PERFORMED GEAR SWING, NO DEFECTS NOTED. GEAR SWING IAW MM 7-11-0. INSP DOOR UPLATCH MECH IAW MM 32-31-4. OHMS CHECKED DOOR WARNING SWITCHES AND WIRING, FOUND OK. PERFORMED GRD CHECK OF SPOILER SYS IAW MM 27-62-0. OPS CHECK OK. RII INSP ACCOMPLISHED. (X)

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