SDR TRBA200736

Service difficulty report · Tee Fitting · Aerosp ATR72212A

Difficulty date
June 15, 2007
Submitted
June 18, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N529AM
Make and model
Aerosp ATR72212A
Aircraft serial
529
Aircraft time
16,271 hours, 18,778 cycles
Part
Tee Fitting
Part number
MS21905D6
Condition
Broken
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

UPON SELECTING L/G UP, THE NOSE AND RT GEAR RETRACTED. THE LT MLG UNLOCKED, HOWEVER IT REMAINED IN THE DOWN POSITION WITH BOTH INDICATING SYSTEMS DISPLAYING RED UNLK AND GREEN DOWN TRIANGLE SIMULTANEOUSLY. ATC TOWER CONFIRMED THE GEAR APPEARED DOWN. AFTER SLOWING TO 120 KTS, THE GEAR WAS CYCLED DOWN AND THEN RETRACTED NORMALLY. AT THIS TIME FOUND LT MLG PLUMBING TEE FITTING BROKEN. REMOVED AND REPLACED TEE FITTING AS PER MM NR 32-31-50 (FIG 16 ITEM NR 50). PERFORMED EXTENSION AND RETRACTION AS PER JIC NR 32-31-00 AND FOUND SYSTEM WORKING PROPERLY.

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