Service difficulty report · Retract Cylinder · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
December 6, 2014
Submitted
December 9, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N869GA
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53294
Aircraft time
47,419 hours, 39,377 cycles
Part
Retract Cylinder
Part number
59370365501
Part serial
MAL414E
Condition
Faulty
Location
Lt Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
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

AFTER TAKEOFF RED GEAR HANDLE UP, NO GEAR DOOR LIGHT. FOLLOWED QRH PROCEDURE, ATTEMPT SUCCESSFUL. STILL SIGNIFICANT DELAY ON GEAR RETRACTION. LOWERING GEAR WITH NO PROBLEMS & WITH ANY DELAY. R & R LT MLG RETRACT CYLINDER IAW MM 32-32-02. OPERATIONS & LEAK CHECKED GOOD IAW MM 32-32-00.

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