Service difficulty report · Printed Ckt Board · Boeing 7374B7

Difficulty date
August 31, 2008
Submitted
September 10, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N449US
Make and model
Boeing 7374B7
Aircraft serial
24893
Part
Printed Ckt Board
Condition
Faulty
Location
Landing Gear
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
L, A

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

What was found

PIT FLT 1991 ENROUTE PHL TO ORD. ON GEAR RETRACTION THE NOSE GEAR RED LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO PIT. DURING APPROACH, UPON GEAR EXTENSION, THERE WAS INITIALLY A 3 GREEN, DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION. A FEW MOMENTS LATER, THE NOSE GEAR GREEN INDICATION EXTINGUISHED, AND THE GEAR HORN SOUNDED. HOWEVER, THE RED GEAR INDICATION DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THE FLIGHT DID A FLY BY OF THE TOWER AND AFTERWARDS PROCEEDED TO LAND WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MX REPLACED PRINTED CIRCUIT CARDS M983 AND M1214. PERFORMED SEVERAL GEAR SWINGS. OPS CHECK NORMAL.

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