Service difficulty report · Logic Card · Boeing 737401

Difficulty date
December 15, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N421US
Make and model
Boeing 737401
Aircraft serial
23988
Part
Logic Card
Part number
655825029
Condition
Failed
Location
Landing Gear
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

IAH - PILOT REPORTED, AFTER INITIAL GEAR RETRACTION, THE LT MAIN GEAR RED LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. CREW RECYCLED GEAR DOWN, THEN UP, AND LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. IT WAS NOTED THAT THIS LIGHT WAS THE LAST TO EXTINGUISH UPON GEAR RETRACTION. FLIGHT CONTINUED AND LANDED W/O FURTHER INCIDENT. MX INSPECTED LT MAIN GEAR ASSY AND FOUND HOSE GUIDE ASSY ON ACTUATOR ROTATED AFT APPROX 45 DEGREES WITH MOUNTING CLAMP BROKEN. SECURED HOSE WITH TIE WRAPS AND RELEASED PER EA 63259. CLAMP WAS LATER REPLACED WITH A SERVICEABLE CLAMP. MX ALSO GREASED THE GEAR. PHL - ON 12-16-98, PILOT REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEM. THE LT MAIN GEAR RED LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER GEAR RETRACTION. CREW RECYCLED GEAR AND LIGHT EXTINGUISHD