Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
December 1, 2014
Submitted
December 5, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N427QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4156
Aircraft time
18,392 hours, 19,919 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Slow
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING DEPARTURE, RETRACTING LANDING GEAR NOSE GEAR SLOW TO RETRACT, APPROXIMATELY 5 SECONDS AFTER MAIN GEAR LIGHTS EXTINGUISH THEN NOSE GEAR LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. SELECTING GEAR DOWN, NORMAL EXTENSION AND NORMAL TIME. PREFORMED VISUAL INSPECTION OF NLG HYD COMPONENTS, NO LEAKS AND NO DEFECTS NOTED. COMPLIED WITH FUNCTIONAL TEST OF THE LANDING GEAR PRIMARY RETRACTION SYSTEM IAW AMM TASK 32-31-00-720, APPLICABLE STEPS FOR ACFT. FOUND RETRACTION AND EXTENSION TIMES TO BE WITHIN SERVICABLE LIMITS, NO DEFECTS NOTED DURING LANDING GEAR "SWINGS". RETURNED TO SERVICE.