Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug DC863F

Difficulty date
January 22, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N867BX
Make and model
Doug DC863F
Aircraft serial
46049
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Lt Mlg
Stage of operation
CR
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 UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ON AFTER RETRACTION. FLIGHT CREW CYCLED GEAR, LIGHT EXTINGUSHED, GEAR UPLATCH CHECK WAS NORMAL. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO TOL WITH AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. MAINTENANCE FOUND AND REPAIRED A BROKEN WIRE AT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR UPLATCH SWITCH AND OPERATIONALLY CHECKED THE SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOUGLAS MAINTENANCE MANUAL 32-60-0.

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