Service difficulty report · Connector · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
August 2, 2006
Submitted
August 7, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N803UP
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46073
Part
Connector
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON UPLATCH, GEAR NOT LATCHED LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED. SAT DOING REPAIR, XFRD TO NRC 996802. DURING T/S FOUND NLG UP LIMIT SWITCH INOP. INSTALLED JUMPER WIRE CONNECTOR P1-218 PINS 7 AND 5 LIGHT CAME ON. REMOVED JUMPER WIRE AND GEAR NOT LATCH LIGHT WENT OFF. T/S PERFORMED IAW WDM 32-60-01. CK'D RT AND LT MLG GEAR UPLATCH CLEARANCES AND OPERATION AND CKS GOOD PER DC8 MM 32-31-03-2. CK'S NLG UPLATCH CLEARANCES AND OPERATION AND CKS GOOD.

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