Service difficulty report · Actuator · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
December 15, 2003
Submitted
December 17, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N834EX
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
285
Aircraft time
30,093 hours, 33,541 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
11300107
Part serial
L80395
Condition
Faulty
Location
Mlg
Part time
19,885 hours, 2,203 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FLIGHT NR 3897 DEPARTING ISLIP HAD TO RETURN TO FIELD WHEN DURING INITIAL CLIMB FOLLOWING GEAR RETRACTION, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE RT MAIN GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND A GRINDING NOISE WAS PRESENT. GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN AND THREE GREENS WERE OBTAINED. ALL HYDRAULIC INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO FIELD. NO EMERGENCY DECLARED. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE UPLOCK ACTUATOR ON THE RT SIDE AT FAULT AND REMOVED AND REPLACED SAME. OPERATIONAL CHECKS AND LEAK CHECKS ALL GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.