Service difficulty report · Wire Harness · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
July 19, 2014
Submitted
July 25, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N410QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4053
Aircraft time
30,386 hours, 32,089 cycles
Part
Wire Harness
Part number
473901
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nlg
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 TAKE OFF, ON GEAR RETRACTION, THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT RETRACT. THE RED UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AND THE AMBER DOOR LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE SOUND WAS OBVIOUS THAT IT WAS NOT RETRACTED. AFTER PERFORMING THE ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION CHECKLIST, ALL GEAR AND DOORS EXTENDED NORMALLY. RETURNED TO THE FIELD. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. AFTER ARRIVAL TO THE GATE, THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS NOTICED. AIRSPEED DID NOT EVER EXCEED 185 KIAS. LANDING WEIGHT APPROXIMATELY 59,500 LBS. ACFT FERRIED FOR REPAIRS. REPLACED NGLK1, NGLK2 PROXIMITY HARNESS AND LT, RT FWD NLG DOORS, OPS CHECKED GOOD. RETURNED TO SERVICE.