Service difficulty report · Door · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
January 19, 2010
Submitted
January 26, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N412QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4059
Aircraft time
20,350 hours, 20,919 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Open
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
TX
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

STARTED NR 1 ENG AT THE GATE W/ EXTERNAL POWER DISCONNECTED, THEN STARTED NR 2 ON PUSH BACK. ALL BATTERIES WERE ON W/ MAIN BUSS TIE ON TIE. EITHER DURING THE START OR AFTER START THE NOSE GEAR DOORS OPENED, AS VERIFIED BY RAMP PERSONNEL, AND THEN CLOSED. PERFORMED GVI OF NLG WELL, NLG DOORS, DOOR LINKAGES, PROX SENSORS, AND PROX SENSOR HARNESSES. NO DEFECTS NOTED. INTERROGATED PSEU, NO FAULTS NOTED. GROUND TAXIED A/C - STARTED NR 1 ENG FIRST. NO DEFECTS NOTED. C/W OPS CHECK OF NLG DOORS IAW AMM TASK 32-22-00-710-801. NO DEFECTS NOTED OF ANY KIND. ACFT OK FOR CONTINUED SERVICE. ALSO C/W INDUCTANCE VALUE CHECK OF PROX SENSORS IAW AMM TASK 32-61-00-280-801. ALL VALUES CHECKED GOOD. COULD NOT DUPLICATE. RETURNED TO SERVICE. NO PARTS REPLACED.