Service difficulty report · Seal · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
July 31, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N750UP
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
45950
Part
Seal
Condition
Loose
Location
Nlg Door
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON DEPART, (C/O) NOTICED AFTER GEAR RETRACT, THE GEAR NOT LATCH LIGHT FLICKERED. DID UPLATCH CK AND LIGHT EVENTUALLY CAME ON STEADY. WENT TO GEAR NOT LATCH LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CKLIST AND C/W, THIS INCLUDED CYCLING GEAR AND LOOKING THROUGH PEEPHOLE TO CHECK IF N/G WAS DOWN AND LOCKED, IT WASN'T. ALSO, HEARD A BANGING TYPE NOISE. REMOVED AND REPLACED NOSE GEAR DOOR SEAL PER MM 32-30-00 PG 104 SECT D. LUBED UPLATCH MECHANISM PER MM 12-81-01. JACKED AIRCRAFT, CYCLED GEAR 5 TIMES, NO FAULTS NOTED AND INDICATOR LIGHTS OP'D NORMALLY.

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