Service difficulty report · Uplock Sensor · Doug DC862

Difficulty date
October 12, 2003
Submitted
October 14, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N728PL
Make and model
Doug DC862
Aircraft serial
45918
Aircraft time
84,665 hours, 24,030 cycles
Part
Uplock Sensor
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Mlg
Part time
84,665 hours, 24,030 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
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

ON APPROACH, WITH ALL 3 MLG'S DOWN AND LOCKED, BOTH (DOOR NOT LATCHED, GEAR NOT LATCHED) LIGHTS WERE ILLUMIN, ALSO AUDIBLE WARNING HORN. GEAR WAS RECYCLED TWICE, THIS CORRECTED PROBLEM. MAINT INSPECTED LANDING GEAR, GEAR DOOR WARNING SYS. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. MAINT THEN PERFORMED TEST OF LANDING GEAR DOOR POSITIONS AND WARING SYS IAW ALL APPLICABLE MANUALS. THEY CLEANED ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS AT NOSE AND MAIN GEAR UPLIMIT SWITCHES, LUBED NOSE, MAIN GEAR UPLATCH MECHANISMS. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM ON GROUND. REVIEW OF LOG NOTED A/C HAD BEEN WASHED AT PREVIOUS STATION. SUSPECT MOISTURE RELATED PROBLEM. ALL SWITCHES INSPECTED, ANY MOISTURE REMOVED. SYS OPS CHECK NORMAL ON GROUND. A/C WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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