Service difficulty report · Strut · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
January 10, 2016
Submitted
January 13, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N887GA
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49932
Part
Strut
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT. WHEN THE MLG DID NOT RETRACT, THERE WERE SEVERAL CONFIGURATION WARNINGS. FLAP WARNING, STABILIZER WARNING & STALL INDICATION FAILURE. THE CREW DID THE QRH PROCEDURE FOR GEAR HANDLE LOCKED DOWN AFTER TAKEOFF ON PAGE 32.6 OF THE QRH. THEY DID THE ELEC GND SHIFT FAILURE PROCEDURE & THE AUTO SPOILER FAIL PROCEDURE AS DIRECTED BY THE QRH. ALSO DID THE STALL INDICATION FAILURE & FALSE STALL WARNING ON PAGE 85.4 OF THE QRH. THEY LOST THE FLIGHT DIRECTOR, THE AUTOPILOT DID NOT WORK & THE ACFT DID NOT PRESSURIZE. THEY TOOK OFF AT 1715 UTC, THEY ASKED THE TOWER CONTROLLER TO STOP THEIR CLIMB TO RUN THE CHECKLIST & PROCEDURES. THEY DID CLIMB TO 5000 FEET AND THEY WERE HANDED OFF TO THE DEPARTURE FREQUENCY. THE ACFT WAS NOT OVERWEIGHT FOR THE LANDING BACK. ACFT HANDLED & OPERATED NORMALLY AFTER LANDING & THEY TAXIED BACK TO A GATE. OUND NLG BOTTOMED OUT & GLAND NUT LEAKING FLUID. REPACKED STRUT & SERVICED IAW TASK CARD 32-047-003 & 32-047-004 REF LOG PAGE 635108. PREFORMED GEAR SWING IAW MM 32-30-00. OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD.

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