Service difficulty report · Uplock · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
April 13, 2001
Submitted
April 16, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N823BX
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
46064
Aircraft time
82,177 hours, 33,252 cycles
Part
Uplock
Condition
Dirty
Location
Mlg
Part time
82,177 hours, 33,252 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

EN ROUTE FROM BRO TO TOL, THE LANDING GEAR UNSAFE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FLIGHT CREW CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR BUT THE WARNING INDICATION REMAINED THE SAME. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO TOL FOR AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE LANDING GEAR, CLEANED AND LUBRICATED THE GEAR UPLATCH MECHANISMS AND PERFORMED A SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONAL CHECK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MAINTENANCE MANUAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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