Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Boeing 7374B7

Difficulty date
July 15, 2003
Submitted
August 20, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N444US
Make and model
Boeing 7374B7
Aircraft serial
24862
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

ON APPROACH INTO EWR, FROM PIT, CREW EN COUNTERED A MALFUNCTIONING LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR INDICATION LIGHT. CREW EXECUTED A GO-AROUND, RECYCLED THE LANDING GEAR AND WAS ABLE TO GET THE INDICATION LIGHT WORKING DURING A HOLD NEAR THE FIELD. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO THE GATE. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED LANDING GEAR LIGHTS TEST AND PUSHED-TO-TEST. INSPECTED LANDING GEAR PROXIMITY SWITCHES. ALL CHECKS NORMAL. (M)

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