Service difficulty report · Electronic Unit · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
July 20, 2011
Submitted
July 21, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N612AE
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145079
Aircraft time
29,778 hours, 27,915 cycles
Part
Electronic Unit
Part number
355022003
Part serial
1302
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Landing Gear
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON FLIGHT 3508 THE CREW REPORTED THAT DURING GEAR RETRACTION AFTER TAKEOFF, LESS THAN 1 SECOND IN TRANSIT RECEIVED AN (AMBER) INDICATION FOLLOWED BY 3 UP INDICATIONS WHILE THE GEAR WAS STILL IN TRANSIT (BASED ON SOUND OF GEAR RETRACTION) CHECK RMU ENGINE DATA PAGE AND "LG DOWN LOCKED" INDICATION THE CREW HAD TWO INDICATIONS THAT DISAGREED. THE CREW FOLLOWED AOM VOLUME 1 PROCEDURES AND CYCLED THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN AND GOT "3 GREEN DN" INDICATIONS AND COMPLETE ELECTRICAL OVERRIDE PROCEDURES. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO ATL. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE LANDING GEAR ELECTRONIC UNIT IAW EMB 145 AMM 32-32-01. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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