Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
December 24, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N829BX
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
45994
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Lt Mlg Door
Part time
81,970 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
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 FROM ICT TO GDL, THE LANDING GEAR DOOR UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMIATED AFTER A SUCCESSFUL LANDING GEAR UPLATCH CHECK WAS ACCOMPLISHED. THE FLIGHT CREW CYCLED THE GEAR WITH THE WARNING INDICATION REMAINING THE SAME. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO GDL FOR AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. MAINTENANCE INSPECTION THE LANDING GEAR LOCATING A BROKEN WIRE ON THE LEFT GEAR DOOR WARNING SWITCH. THE WIRING WAS REPAIRED AND A SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONAL TEST WAS PERFORMED.

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