Service difficulty report · Mechanism · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
March 15, 2005
Submitted
March 16, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N251UP
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48744
Part
Mechanism
Condition
Dirty
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
AP
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

WHEN LANDING GEAR SELECTED DOWN DURING APPROACH 4 RED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. SYNOPTIC DISPLAY INDICATED GEAR UNSAFE. AFTER APPROX 2 MINS, CYCLED GEAR UP AND BACKDOWN, ALL 4 GEAR INDICATED SAFE AS GEAR CAME DOWN SEQUENCE WAS NOTICABLY SLOWER THAN NORMAL. AIRCRAFT REMAINS OUT OF SERVICE, POSSIBLY FERRY FLIGHT TO SDF. FOUND GEAR HANDLE MECHANISM DIRTY CLEANED MECHANISM & GEAR HANDLE SWITCH, LUBED HANDLE AND BEARING OPS CK NORMAL GEAR PER 32-31-00.

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