Service difficulty report · Mechanism · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
March 5, 2003
Submitted
March 6, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N606AL
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46044
Aircraft time
89,349 hours, 23,958 cycles
Part
Mechanism
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Mlg Uplock
Part time
89,349 hours, 46,044 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

AFTER DEPARTURE FROM BGTL TO KWRI DURING GEAR RETRACTION CREW NOTED DOOR NOT LATCHED LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CREW CYCLED GEAR, LIGHT EXTINGUISHED AND GEAR PASSED UPLATCH CHECK. CREW MADE UNEVENTFUL LANDING IN KWRI. MAINTENANCE PLACED ITEM ON MEL. AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO GSO FOR T/S OF MEL ITEM. GSO MAINTENANCE ADJUSTED RT MLG UPLATCH INTERLOCK MECHANISM AND ACHEIVED A GOOD OPERATIONAL CHECK. ALL WORK COMPLETED PER APPLICABLE MANUALS AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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