Service difficulty report · Downlock Switch · Doug DC932F

Difficulty date
November 10, 2010
Submitted
November 15, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N208US
Make and model
Doug DC932F
Aircraft serial
47220
Aircraft time
59,273 hours, 56,007 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D9A
Part
Downlock Switch
Part number
H146
Part serial
9726
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Zone 700
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

UPON APPROACH, THE RT MLG DID NOT DISPLAY GREEN INDICATION, ONLY RED. CREW EXECUTED MISSED APPROACH AND REVIEWED COM PROCEDURES. CREW DIVERTED AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY INBOUND. CREW FOLLOWED COM PROCEDURES FOR MANUAL EXTENSION OF GEAR AND SECONDARY SYS SHOWED A GREEN LIGHT BUT RED LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE GEAR WARNING HORN WAS SILENCED BY PULLING THE GEAR WARNING HORN CIRCUIT BREAKER. THE ACFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT, STOPPED ON RUNWAY AND A CREW MEMBER PINNED THE RT GEAR. THE ACFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY FLOWN UNDER SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT BACK TO MAIN BASE. MX R & R THE RT MLG DOWNLOCK SWITCH IAW MM 32-30-0. THE OPS CHECK WAS GOOD. MX ALSO REPLACED THE LT MLG DOWNLOCK PROXIMITY SWITCH IAW MM 32-30-0. THE OPS CHECK WAS GOOD AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AFTER GEAR SWINGS.

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