Service difficulty report · Ground Wire · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
September 10, 2013
Submitted
September 10, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N914HA
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
053
Aircraft time
67,130 hours, 76,003 cycles
Part
Ground Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, ON GEAR RETRACTION, ALL GEAR REMAINED DOWN. ALL THREE GREEN, RED AND HANDLE LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED IAW CHECKLIST, SELECTED GEAR DOWN THEN HAD 3 GREEN AND 3 AMBER, GEAR DOORS INDICATED CLOSED 5 MINUTES LATER. JACKED ACFT, CYCLED GEAR SEVERAL TIMES. AFTER SEVERAL CYCLES, GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. FOUND GROUND WIRE FOR SELECTOR VALVE BROKEN AT CONNECTOR PLUG. RESOLDERED WIRE TO CONNECTOR PLUG. SWUNG GEAR SEVERAL TIMES. OPS CHECKED GOOD. OK FOR SERVICE AT THIS TIME.