Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
November 6, 2002
Submitted
November 11, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N606AL
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46044
Aircraft time
88,897 hours, 28,786 cycles
Part
Cylinder
Part number
57155835510
Part serial
445
Condition
Defective
Location
Gear Door
Part time
88,897 hours, 28,786 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
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

ENROUTE FROM LAX TO TOL, THE LANDING GEAR DOOR NOT LATCHED LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED FOLLOWING LANDING GEAR RETRACTION. THE FLIGHT CREW CYCLED THE GEAR AND THE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO TOL FOR AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND THE GEAR DOOR ACTUATOR CYLINDER DEFECTIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE CYLINDER AND PERFORMED A SUCESSFUL OPERATIONAL CHECK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOUGLAS STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE

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