Service difficulty report · Door · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
July 15, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N798UP
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
45898
Part
Door
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Lt Mlg
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

RED DOOR NOT LATCHED, LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLT. LEFT ALT MAIN GEAR DOOR LIGHT ALSO ILLUMINATED IN FLT SEVERAL, ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO RECYCLE GEAR TO NO AVAL. DIVERTED TO CAE PER DISPATCH REQUEST. CHECKED MLG DOOR LT FOLLOW UP PER 323105, CHECKED OK, CHECKED LT MLG DOOR UPLATCH PER 323104. REMOVED SHIMS FROM DOOR ROLLERS CHECKS OK, ALL DIMENSIONS WITHIN LIMITS PER 323104.

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