SDR LYNX00004

Service difficulty report · Pseu · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
December 19, 2007
Submitted
December 28, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N503LX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4170
Aircraft time
65 hours, 48 cycles
Part
Pseu
Part number
301450301
Part serial
0151
Condition
Faulty
Location
Landing Gear
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING CLIMBOUT, CREW RETRACTED GEAR AND THE LT MLG DOORS DIDN`T CLOSE, RAN THE QRH AND EXTENDED GEAR. INDICATED 3 GREEN LIGHTS RETRACTED GEAR AGAIN AND THIS TIME INDICATION WAS A RED "LEFT" AND AN AMBER "L DOOR" GEAR DOOR OPEN AND THE GEAR SELECT HANDLE WAS AMBER (GEAR AND HANDLE DISAGREEMENT) AFTER ABOUT 5 MINS THE LT GEAR IN TRANSIT LIGHT WENT OUT AND THE LT GEAR DOORS SHUT AND THE AMBER LIGHT WENT OUT ON THE SELECT SWITCH UNCOMMANDED BY THE CREW AT THE TIME ALTHOUGH THE SELECT SWITCH WAS IN THE RETRACT POSITION AT THE TIME. THE PSEU SHOWED FLAT LINE INDICATING NO SIGNAL FOR THE LT UPLOCK PROX SWITCH, WHILE TAPPING ON THE PSEU THE LT UPLOCK READING WOULD GO FROM -- TO OPEN. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE PSEU.