Service difficulty report · Door · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
February 19, 2009
Submitted
February 24, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
034
Aircraft time
59,082 hours, 67,024 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Lt Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

UPON GEAR RETRACTION, LEFT FORWARD GEAR DOOR CLOSED AND THEN RE-OPENED, LEFT AMBER DOOR LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE CREW FOLLOW EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND ADVISED THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ACFT RETURNING TO FILED. AN EMERGENCY WAS NOT DECLARED. UPON EXTENSION THE AMBER LIGHT EXTINGUISHED AND ALL GREEN ILLUMINATED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. FOUND LEFT FORWARD GEAR DOOR MISS-RIGGED. RE-ADJUSTED DOOR AND PERFORMED GEAR SWINGS, ALL CHECKS GOOD.