Service difficulty report · Uplock · Boeing 737282

Difficulty date
November 2, 2006
Submitted
November 6, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N824AL
Make and model
Boeing 737282
Aircraft serial
23045
Aircraft time
53,565 hours, 58,040 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D9A
Part
Uplock
Condition
Dirty
Location
Mlg
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

AFTER TAKEOFF, THE RT MLG DID NOT RETRACT. CREW CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR LEVER AND WAS ABLE TO RETRACT THE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE CLEANED THE RT MLG UPLOCK SENSOR AND PERFORMED THE MAIN LANDING GEAR EXTENSION AND RETRACTION TEST IAW AMM 32-32-0. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RT MLG UPLOCK SENSOR AS PRECAUTIONARY. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.