Service difficulty report · Connector · Dhav DHC8103

Difficulty date
July 14, 2010
Submitted
July 21, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N328EX
Make and model
Dhav DHC8103
Aircraft serial
281
Aircraft time
33,770 hours, 51,422 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Disconnected
Location
Mlg
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

IN FLIGHT WITH GEAR RETRACTED, GEAR HANDLE LIGHT FLICKERED AND NOSE GEAR DOOR AMBER LIGHT ILLUMINATED, NLG DOORS OPENED, BUT GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. INSTALLED PSEU BREAKOUT BOX, FOUND DRAG STRUT PROXIMITY SENSOR ERRATIC WHEN WIRES WERE MOVED AND DISCOVERED CONNECTOR PARTIALLY DISCONNECTED, CLEANED AND RECONNECTED CONNECTOR PLUG, LOCKING MECHANISM OPS CHECKED GOOD ON PLUG, SENSOR STABLE AT 10.5 OHMS AT ALL TIMES. SWUNG GEAR, OPS CHECKED GOOD IAW MM 32-30-01.