Service difficulty report · Latch · Amd FALCON

Difficulty date
December 6, 2006
Submitted
December 8, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N240TW
Make and model
Amd FALCON
Aircraft serial
40
Aircraft time
16,322 hours, 12,029 cycles
Engine
Ge CF7002D2
Part
Latch
Part number
VTS442
Part serial
217
Condition
Faulty
Location
Mlg Door
Part time
2,823 hours, 2,163 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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

FALSE LANDING GEAR INDICATION (IN TRANSIT) IN MIDFLIGHT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED DOOR LATCH. PERFORMED GEAR RETRACTION SEVERAL TIMES, OPS CHECK GOOD. [CLOSED]