Service difficulty report · Mechanism · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
July 10, 2009
Submitted
July 13, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N410QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4053
Aircraft time
19,466 hours, 19,852 cycles
Part
Mechanism
Part number
468455
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Mlg Door
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

AT 253 KTS INDICATED ON APPROACH, THE LT AND RT MAIN GEAR DOORS ILLUMINATED FOR 2 SEC. GEAR HANDLE ALSO ILLUMINATED AT THE SAME TIME . THERE WAS A TRANSIENT GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT THAT ALSO ILLUMINATED BUT ONLY FOR A MOMENT, NOT SURE WHICH GEAR. COMPLIED WITH EMERGENCY CHECKLIST. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. FERRIED TO PDX FOR REPAIRS. REMOVED AND REPLACED LT AND RT MLG DOOR MECHANISMS IAW AMM TASKS 32-31-31-000-801 AND 32-31-31-400-801. PERFORMED FIM TASK 32-73-33-810-802 AND 32-73-34-810-810. OPERATIONAL TEST OF MLG EXTENSION & RETRACTION SYSTEM COMPLIED WITH. NO FAULTS NOTED. RETURNED TO SERVICE.