Service difficulty report · Control Valve · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
March 26, 2010
Submitted
March 30, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N949NS
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53022
Aircraft time
54,102 hours, 28,758 cycles
Part
Control Valve
Part number
59164605509
Part serial
EFS18816
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Mlg
Part time
54,102 hours, 28,758 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
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, CREW ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR AND THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WOULD NOT MOVE. CREW FOLLOWED PROCEDURES CONTAINED IN THE QRH MANUAL TO EXTEND THE GEAR AND RETRACT THE GEAR DOORS. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ACFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY FLOWN UNDER A SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT, WITH THE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED, TO MX BASE. MX PLACED THE ACFT ON JACKS AND CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR NUMEROUS TIMES BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. AS A PRECAUTION THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL VALVE WAS REPLACED IAW THE MM 32-32-00. THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTION SYS WAS OPERATIONALLY CHECKED AND CHECKED FOR LEAKS WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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