Service difficulty report · Door · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
May 23, 2012
Submitted
July 18, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N174UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
24381
Aircraft time
87,025 hours, 9,731 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Door
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

GEAR DOOR INDICATION, ACFT RETURNED TO FIELD WHEN BOTH BODY GEAR DOOR DIDN'T STOW. PER CREW THEY CYCLED GEAR, GEAR DROPPED THEN RETRACTED NORMALLY. BODY GEAR DOOR SHOWED IN TRANSIT WHOLE TIME. WHEN ACFT GOT TO GATE BODY GEAR WERE BOTH HANGING DOWN. ACCOMPLISHED AMM. CONFIRMED ALL CHECKS ARE NORMAL.