SDR SB05002

Service difficulty report · Actuator · Boeing 737301

Difficulty date
January 8, 2005
Submitted
February 1, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N558AU
Make and model
Boeing 737301
Aircraft serial
23512
Part
Actuator
Part number
65448105
Part serial
5245
Condition
Failed
Location
Mlg
Part time
15,073 hours, 11,427 cycles
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

ON CLIMB-OUT FROM CLT, ENROUTE TO DCA, CREW RECEIVED A RT MLG RED LIGHT AFTER GEAR RETRACTION. ALL OTHER GEAR LIGHTS WERE EXTINGUISHED. A SHORT TIME LATER, THE RT MLG GREEN LIGHT ILLUMINATED ALONG WITH THE RED LIGHT. CREW ACCOMP QUICK REF HANDBOOK PROCEDURES AND EXTENDED THE GEAR. CREW RECEIVED NORMAL GEAR IND OF THREE GREEN GEAR LIGHTS AND NO RED LIGHTS. FLT RETURNED TO FIELD AT CLT AND LANDED W/O FURTHER INCIDENT. NO EMERG WAS DECLARED. MX R/R`D RT MLG DOWNLOCK ACT PER MM 32-32-51 AND THE DOWNLOCK AND UPLOCK SENSORS PER MM 32-61-21 AND 32-61-31. ALSO, R/R`D PRINTED CIRCUIT CARDS M981, M982 AND M986 FOR T/S PURPOSES. LUBRICATED GEAR AND PERFORMED OPS CHECK OF RT MLG SEVERAL TIMES. INDICATION AND OPS CHECK G