Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
November 25, 2009
Submitted
November 30, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N407QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4049
Aircraft time
21,080 hours, 21,864 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nose
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, NOSE GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION 5-6 SECONDS AFTER BOTH MAIN GEAR HAD RETRACTED. ESTIMATE 12 SECONDS FROM HANDLE SELECTION TO ALL GEAR UP. FERRY. PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING OF NOSE GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION. FERRY FLIGHT CREW VERIFIED NO PROBLEMS NOTED DURING FERRY FLIGHT. CHECKED ALL SENSORS, ALL CHECKS GOOD. PSEU REPORTS ALL SENSORS NORMAL. NO FAULTS IN CURRENT OR HISTORY. PERFORMED FUNCTION CHECK OF RETRACT/EXTENSION 6 TIMES UNDER VARYING FLOW SETTING. RETRACTION AND EXTENSION LIMITS NORMAL IAW TASK 32-31-00-720-801 FUNCTION CHECK GOOD NO DEFECTS NOTED. CHECK FLIGHT GOOD. COULD NOT DUPLICATE. RETURNED TO SERVICE. NO PARTS REPLACED.