Service difficulty report · Sensor · Dhav DHC8202

Difficulty date
August 26, 2017
Submitted
August 29, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N363PH
Make and model
Dhav DHC8202
Aircraft serial
520
Aircraft time
34,686 hours, 45,718 cycles
Part
Sensor
Condition
Out Of Position
Location
Nlg Door
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

NOSE GEAR DOOR LIGHT CYCLED DURING CLIMB AND HEARD THE DOOR OPEN AND CLOSE. PERFORMED GVI OF NLG DOOR SENSOR WIRING AND SENSOR AND SENSOR CONNECTOR. WIRING IS IN GOOD CONDITION SENSOR IS FOUND 0.026 AWAY FROM TARGET. SENSOR IS TOO CLOSE TO TARGET. DISCONNECTED NLG DOOR ROD FROM DOOR, DISCONNECTED SPRING FROM BELLCRANK. AND REMOVED TOGGLE LINK