Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug DC862

Difficulty date
February 25, 2000
Submitted
April 11, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N61CX
Make and model
Doug DC862
Aircraft serial
46142
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Rt Mlg
Part time
63,495 hours, 21,646 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

TOL - FLT 1837 - EN ROUTE FROM AUS TO TOL, AFTER LANDING GEAR RETRACTION, THE GEAR UNSAFE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CREW CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR TO EXTINGUISH THE WARNING LIGHT. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO TOL FOR AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT LOCATING A BROKEN WIRE AT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR UPLATCH SWITCH. THE WIRE WAS REPAIRED AND MAINTENANCE PERFORM A SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONAL CHECK. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)

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