What was found
DURING RAT CHECK, RAT WILL NOT RETRACT USING MANUAL GROUND SWITCH. RANGOUT RAT BLADE INDEX & RAT STRUT INDEX SWITCHES OK, FOUND RAT CONTROL INOP, REPLACED PER MM, OPS CHECK GOOD.
- Difficulty date
- July 16, 2011
- Submitted
- July 21, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N533UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 25073
- Aircraft time
- 66,984 hours, 24,657 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- System (JASC)
- 2920 · Hydraulic System, Auxiliary
- Part
- Control Unit
- Condition
- Inoperative
- Location
- Rat
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.