Service difficulty report · Yoke · Dhav DHC8311

Difficulty date
November 13, 2007
Submitted
November 16, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N335EN
Make and model
Dhav DHC8311
Aircraft serial
375
Aircraft time
30,950 hours, 31,398 cycles
Part
Yoke
Condition
Binding
Location
Landing Gear
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON APPROACH TO AIRFIELD, LANDING GEAR DOWN WAS SELECTED AND NR 1 GEAR DOOR AMBER LIGHT ALONG WITH RED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. UPON VERIFYING THE CONDITION INDICATED, THE CREW THEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND PROCEEDED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR USING THE ALTERNATE EXTENSION SYSTEM. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE UPPER LANDING GEAR YOKE ASSEMBLY WAS BINDING. YOKE SHIMS WERE REMOVED, RE-MEASURED AND ASSEMBLY WAS RE-SHIMMED TO PROPER SPECS. OPS CHECKS WERE GOOD IAW MM 32-10-13.