Service difficulty report · Boeing 7374B7

Difficulty date
December 25, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N435US
Make and model
Boeing 7374B7
Aircraft serial
24557
Condition
Unknown
Stage of operation
DE
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PIT - FLT 744 - UPON LOWERING GEAR HANDLE, THE NOSE GEAR RED LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH NO OTHER RED OR GREEN GEAR LIGHT INDICATIONS. CREW COULD NOT ARM AUTO-BRAKES AND GEAR HORN SOUNDED CONSTANT WITH FLAPS ABOVE 15 DEGREES. CREW ACCOMP A MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION AND VISUAL CHECK OF THE GEAR PER QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOK MANUAL. TWO FLYBYS WERE ALSO PERFORMED TO CONFIRM GEAR WAS DOWN. PACKED TRIPPED UPON LANDING AT PIT, FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX MET THE FLT ON THE RUNWAY, PINNED THE GEAR AND TOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE GATE. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MX FOUND THE LANDING GEAR AIR/GROUND RELAY AND LIGHTS CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. RESET CIRCUIT BREAKER AND CYCLED GEAR SEVERAL TIMES. LANDING GEAR AND GEAR L

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