Service difficulty report · Mechanism · Doug DC863F

Difficulty date
January 23, 2003
Submitted
January 29, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N867BX
Make and model
Doug DC863F
Aircraft serial
46049
Aircraft time
83,172 hours, 26,869 cycles
Part
Mechanism
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Mlg Door
Part time
83,172 hours, 26,869 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

AFTER TAKEOFF GEAR DOORS NOT LATCHED LIGHT ILLUM, AFTER GEAR RETRACTION. CREW PERFORMED UPLATCH CHECK DOORS NOT LATCHED CONTINUED TO BE ILLUM. CREW PERFORMED GEAR CYCLE, DOORS NOT LATCHED LIGHT CONTINUED TO REMAIN ILLUM. CREW NOTED NO BUFFET, YAW OR ABNORMAL AUDIBLE WARNINGS. HYD PRESS & QTY INDICATED NORMAL. UNEVENTFUL LANDING. WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED ALL DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL INCLUDING THE DOOR NOT LATCHED LIGHT. MX DEFFERED REF DMI 27086. ACFT REPOSITIONED TO TOL FOR INVESTIGATION. MX FOUND LT MAIN GEAR DOOR FOLLOW UP MECH REQUIRED ADJUSTMENT. PERFORMED ALL REPAIRS AND SUBSEQUENT GEAR SWINGS IAW APPLICABLE ACFT MANUALS. PLACARD 27086 REMOVED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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