Service difficulty report · Pseu · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
January 21, 2008
Submitted
January 27, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N914HA
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
53
Aircraft time
54,205 hours, 61,335 cycles
Part
Pseu
Part number
841005
Part serial
133
Condition
Failed
Location
Landing Gear
Part time
37,240 hours, 41,295 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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

AFTER TAKEOFF, WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED, THE CREW OBSERVED AMBER WARNING LIGHTS FOR BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT MAIN GEAR DOORS AND A RED UNSAFE INDICATION FOR THE NOSE GEAR. THE CREW THEN LOWERED THE GEAR AND LEFT IT IN THE DOWN POSITION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT THEN RETURNED TO THE FIELD AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WHERE CRASH RESCUE WAS DISPATCHED. THE AIRCRAFT THEN LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAXIED NORMALLY. MAINTENANCE JACKED THE AIRCRAFT AND CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR WITHOUT DISCREPANCIES. THE PSEU WAS CHANGED AND SYSTEM WAS CYCLED SEVERAL MORE TIMES TO VERIFY SYSTEM OPERATION. NO FURTHER FAULTS WERE FOUND AND AIRCRAFT WAS THEN RELEASED FOR SERVICE.