What was found
DURING A CHECK INSPECTION RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR UPLOCK HOOK FOUND TO HAVE ONE BROKEN RETRACTION SPRING. SPRING WAS REPLACED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MESSIER DOWTY COMPONENT MAINTENANCE MANUAL 32-30-21. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- January 29, 2002
- Submitted
- February 3, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N809EX
- Make and model
- Dhav DHC8102
- Aircraft serial
- 302
- Aircraft time
- 26,477 hours, 29,477 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3230 · Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System
- Part
- Spring
- Part number
- C03600491750S
- Part serial
- NA
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Right
- Part time
- 15,196 hours, 16,851 cycles
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- S
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.