SDR TWAA9614501

Service difficulty report · Bolt · Doug DC982

Difficulty date: November 25, 1996
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N903TW
Make and model: Doug DC982
Aircraft serial: 49154
System (JASC): 3230 · Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System
Part: Bolt
Condition: Missing
Location: Ground Shift Rod
Stage of operation: CL
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

STL - FLT 482 - AFTER TAKEOFF WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED, LANDING GEAR HANDLE WOULD NOT MOVE. USED HANDBOOK PROCEDURES TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR. FOUND BOLT MISSING IN GROUND SHIFT ROD TO QUADRANT. INSTALLED NEW BOLT IN GROUND SHIFT ROD. LANDING GEAR OPERATION THEN CHECKED NORMAL. CHECK C - 9-21-96 - MCI. (X)

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