Service difficulty report · Proximity Sensor · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
October 13, 2017
Submitted
October 13, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N427QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4156
Aircraft time
25,318 hours, 27,227 cycles
Part
Proximity Sensor
Condition
Dirty
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C, N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, THE NOSE GEAR WAS SLOW TO RETRACT. MAIN GEAR RETRACTED NORMALLY. THE NOSE GEAR DOOR LIGHT AND UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ON FOR 4-5 SECONDS. FINALLY RETRACTED WITH ALL LIGHTS OUT. LDG GEAR INOPERATIVE CAUTION LIGHT REMAINED EXTINGUISHED. PERFORMED ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION AS A PRECAUTION. ALTERNATE EXTENSION WAS NORMAL. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. REMOVED FROM SERVICE. INSPECTED NOSE LANDING GEAR, AND FOUND CONTAMINATS BETWEEN PROXIMITY SENSOR AND TARGETS, CLEANED. COMPLIED WITH A FUNCTIONAL TEST OF LANDING GEAR IAW 32-31-00-720-801, FUNTIONAL TESTED GOOD. PSEU FAULT HISTORY SHOWED NG LK 2 NEAR, NG LK 1 NEAR, FLIGHT LEG HISTORY SHOWED NG DR CL,FAULT UNREASONABLE FAR, NG WOW 2 FAULT UNREASONABLE NEAR, NG WOW 1 FAULT UNREASONABLE NEAR. CLEARED FAULT HISTORY IAW FIM 32-00-00-810-815, PARA 1-4A (1)(B), PARA 5A (5)-5, (10), AND PARA 6. NO DEFECTS NOTED. FAULTS DID NOT RETURN. NO PARTS REPLACED. RETURNED TO SERVICE.