SDR Y2PA01024

Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug DC915F

Difficulty date
August 30, 2001
Submitted
September 12, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N197US
Make and model
Doug DC915F
Aircraft serial
47154
Part
Wire
Condition
Loose
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

YIP - AFTER TAKEOFF PRIOR TO GEAR RETRACTION NOTICED THE RT MLG DOWN LIGHT WAS NOT LIT. THE GEAR WAS LEFT IN THE DOWN POSITION AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO POINT OF DEPARTURE AT YIP. CREW TROUBLESHOT SYSTEM AND DETERMINED GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. TOWER NOTIFIED, FLY BY TO CONFIRM GEAR DOWN. CREW MAINTAINED SYS PRESSURE TO KEEP GEARS DOORS RETRACTED. NO WARNINGS SOUNDED WHEN FLAPS EXTENDED AND THROTTLES REDUCED. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND THEN LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER LANDING AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY AND GEAR PINS WERE INSTALLED PRIOR TO FURTHER TAXI. MAINT AT FOUND LOOSE WIRE ON TERMINAL STRIP S3-66. WIRE WAS TIGHTENED. LANDING GEAR SYS WAS CHECKED IAW DC9 MM 32-60-0 NO DEFECTS NOTED.

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