Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
December 27, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N870TV
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46086
Part
Wire
Part number
DC26A1415S
Condition
Broken
Location
Rt Mlg
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

KDAY/KORD - FLT 036 - ON APPROACH, THE RT MLG DOWN AND LOCKED GREEN LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. CYCLED GEAR, NO HELP. MAINTENANCE FOUND A BROKEN WIRE AND TWO PINS PUSHED BACK IN THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND REPAIRED THE BROKEN WIRE. AN OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE LANDING GEAR, FOUND DOWN AND LOCKED SYSTEM WAS GOOD.

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