Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
March 30, 2012
Submitted
April 13, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N953AR
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48520
Aircraft time
58,141 hours, 14,933 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Lack Of Lube
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
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

ON APPROACH, LANDING GEAR DID NOT COME DOWN AFTER GEAR HANDLE WAS PLACED IN THE "DOWN" POSITION. CYCLED 2 TIMES AND ACCOMPLISHED QRH PROCEDURES. GEAR FINALLY CAME DOWN ON 3RD TRY. LANDING ACCOMPLISHED, WITH NO FAULTS. PERFORMED LANDING GEAR RETRACTION/EXTENSION TEST. LUBRICATED ALL MAIN LANDING GEARS IAW 12-21-05. PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING IAW FIM 32-30-14, 15. CHECKED LANDING GEAR POSITION FOLLOW UP PUSH RODS IAW 32-31-00, OPS CHECKED NORMAL. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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