Service difficulty report · Uplock Sensor · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
April 24, 2001
Submitted
April 24, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N826BX
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
45998
Aircraft time
83,063 hours, 33,174 cycles
Part
Uplock Sensor
Condition
Dirty
Location
Mlg Ww
Part time
83,063 hours, 33,174 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 SJC TO TOL, THE LANDING GEAR UNSAFE AND DOOR WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AFTER GEAR RETRACTION. THE FLIGHT CREW CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR AND THE WARNING INDICATING LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO TOL FOR AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT, CLEANED AND LUBRICATING THE GEAR UPLATCH MECHANISMS AND PERFORMED A SUCESSFUL OPERATIONAL CHECK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MAINTENANCE MANUAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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