Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
April 21, 2006
Submitted
April 24, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N272UP
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48571
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Inoperative
Location
All
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING GEAR EXTENSION, GEAR WOULD NOT ACHIEVE THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION (ALL 4). SECONDARY DISPLAY SHOWED UNSAFE ON ALL 4 GEARS. GEAR DOORS DID OPEN. GEAR CYCLED AND ACHIEVED A SAFE CONDITION, ALTHOUGH TOOK LONGER THAN NORMAL. T/S PER FIM 32-30-00 PSEU RTS AND SENSORS ALL OK. CLEANED AND LUBED LANDING GEAR CONT MECH PER MM 32-31-00-7. JACKED A/C & PERFORMED GEAR SWING SEVERAL TIMES PER MM 07-11-00-2 & 32-31-00-5. ALL FOUND NORMAL ALL EXTEND TIMES WITHIN MM LIMITS. REPLACED LANDING GEAR HANDLE POS SW PER MM.

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