Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug DC863F

Difficulty date
June 24, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N906R
Make and model
Doug DC863F
Aircraft serial
46087
Part
Wire
Condition
Chafed
Location
Nlg
Part time
71,009 hours
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

EN ROUTE MGUM TO KFLL, THE GEAR UPLATCH CHECK FAILED WITH THE GEAR NOT LATCHED WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CREW CYCLED THE GEAR BUT THE WARNING INDICATION REMAINED THE SAME. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO KFLL FOR AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND LOCATED CHAFFED WIRES AT THE NOSE GEAR UPLATCH SWITCH. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED THE WIRES, CLEANED AND LUBRICATED THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR UPLATCH MECHANISM. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED A SUCCESSFUL GEAR SWING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOUGLAS MAINTENANCE MANUAL RETURNING THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE.

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