Service difficulty report · Wire · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
January 22, 2009
Submitted
January 26, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N411QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4055
Aircraft time
18,431 hours, 18,669 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Door Sensor
Stage of operation
CR
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

SEA - AT FL 220 ALL 3 GEAR DOOR AND ALL 3 GEAR UNSAFE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WITH ACCOMPANYING AERODYNAMIC BUFFET. THIS WAS INTERMITTENT FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS, THEN STOPPED FOR REMAINDER OF FLIGHT. NOSE GEAR UNSAFE AND GEAR HANDLE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY AFTER EXTENSION WE HAD THE 3 GREEN INDICATION. ACCOMPLISHED UNEVENTFUL LANDING IN SEATTLE. INTERROGATED PSEU FAULT HISTORY. SIGNIFICANT CODES: NGLK1/OPEN AND NGLK/SHORT (OTHER ASSOCIATED CODES SHOWED GEAR DOORS OPEN AND PSEU CHANNEL D INOP. DISCONNECTED SENSOR 11 CONNECTOR AND CONFIRMED A BROKEN WIRE INTERMITTENTLY MAKING/BREAKING CONTACT USING METER. REMOVED AND REPLACED PROX SENSOR S-11 (NGLK1) IAW 32-61-06-000-802 AND 32-61-06-400-802. RETRACTION CHECKS GOOD. RETURNED TO SERVICE.