Service difficulty report · Selector Valve · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
May 3, 2014
Submitted
May 5, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N415QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4081
Aircraft time
26,286 hours, 27,006 cycles
Part
Selector Valve
Part number
6131001001
Part serial
0029
Condition
Binding
Location
Mlg
Part time
28,477 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER GEAR RETRACTION, THE LT AND RT DOOR AMBER LIGHTS WITH THE LT AND RT RED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED. FOLLOWED THE ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION CHECKLIST TO EXTEND THE GEAR. WHILE RUNNING THE CHECKLIST, RT GEAR EVENTUALLY CAME UP AND LOCKED, APPROXIMATELY 10 MIN AFTER INITIAL GEAR RETRACTION. RETURNED TO FIELD, AND LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. INTERROGATED PSEU, FOUND NO CURRENT FAULTS. PERFORMED GVI OF BOTH MAIN AND NOSE GEAR AND GEAR DOORS, NO FAULTS NOTED. CLOSED GEAR DOORS. REPLACED SECONDARY MAIN LANDING GEAR SELECTOR VALVE DUE TO BINDING DURING OPERATION IAW MM TASK'S 29-21-06-000-801 AND 29-21-06-400 801. LANDING GEAR PRIMARY EXTENSION AND RETRACTION SYS FUNCTIONAL TEST GOOD SEVERAL TIMES IAW MM TASK 32-31-00-720-801. LANDING GEAR ALTERNATE EXTENSION SYS OPS TEST GOOD IAW MM TASK 32-34-00-710-801. ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL DURING OPS AND FUNCTIONAL TESTS. RETURNED TO SERVICE.