Service difficulty report · Lock Actuator · Boeing 727251

Difficulty date
February 28, 2000
Submitted
April 5, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N252US
Make and model
Boeing 727251
Aircraft serial
19971
Part
Lock Actuator
Part number
69355003
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt Mlg
Part time
75,740 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
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

IAD - FLT 2722 - ON CLIMB-OUT FROM IAD, CAPT REPORTED THE RT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT COME UP ON GEAR RETRACTION. CREW CYCLED GEAR BUT RT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT INDICATE UP AND LOCKED. FLT RETURNED TO FIELD AT IAD AND LANDED W/O INCIDENT. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MX R/R''D RT MLG UPLOCK SENSOR (P/N 189929). CYCLED GEAR UP/DOWN SEVERAL TIMES. ALL IND NORMAL PER MM 32-61-21. FLT 8028 - FEB 29, 2000, DURING CLIMB-OUT AND AFTER GEAR RETRACTION, RT MAIN GEAR RED LIGHT REMAINED ON 30 SECONDS LONGER THAN NORMAL. CAPT RECYCLED GEAR AND LIGHT REMAINED ON PERMANENTLY. GEAR HANDLE WAS MOVED OFF POSITION AND RT MAIN GREEN LIGHT CAME ON. GEAR WAS LOWERED AGAIN, ALL THREE GEAR GREEN LIGHTS WERE RECEIVED. RETURN TO DCA.