Service difficulty report · Wire Harness · Emb EMB120ER

Difficulty date
March 17, 2003
Submitted
March 19, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N209SW
Make and model
Emb EMB120ER
Aircraft serial
120269
Aircraft time
28,228 hours, 34,670 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW118A
Part
Wire Harness
Condition
Damaged
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
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 AND GEAR RETRACTION, RECEIVED GEAR INDICATIONS, LOUD NOISE AND VIBRATION FROM THE NOSE THAT INCREASED WITH AIRSPEED. RETURNED TO LAX. PERFORMED GEAR RETRACTION. FOUND THAT GEAR DOORS WOULD NOT CLOSE DUE TO A FAULTY NOSE GEAR A-HARNESS. REMOVED AND REPLACED LT MLG DOWNLOCK B-HARNESS AND NLG A & B HARNESS. PERFORMED NUMEROUS GEAR RETRACTION AND EXTENSION CYCLES. OPS CHECKED GOOD.

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