Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Doug DC932F

Difficulty date
February 25, 2016
Submitted
February 29, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N208US
Make and model
Doug DC932F
Aircraft serial
47220
Aircraft time
62,160 hours, 58,145 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Malfunctioned
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

DURING APPROACH, GEAR HANDLE PLACED IN DOWN POSITION. NOSE LANDING GEAR LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE GREEN. CYCLED GEAR, NOSE GEAR LIGHT STILL DID NOT ILLUMINATE GREEN. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RAN COM EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE. NOSE GEAR LIGHT STILL DID NOT ILLUMINATE GREEN. UNABLE TO VISUALLY VERIFY THROUGH EMERGENCY NOSE GEAR LATCH PEEP HOLE. ON SHORT FINAL LIGHT FINALLY ILLUMINATED GREEN. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. ACFT WAS FLOWN UNDER A SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT WITH THE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. MAINTENANCE AT INSPECTED NLG DOWN LOCKED, GREEN LIGHT, LIGHT SOCKET, FOUND NO DEFECTS. INSPECTED NLG DOWNLOCK SWITCH, CLEANED CONNECTOR PLUG, OPS CHECK WAS GOOD. NLG DOWN LOCKED INDICATOR OPS CHECKED GOOD. SWUNG GEAR SEVERAL TIME AND NO DEFECTS NOTED. CLEANED NLG DOWNLOCK VIEWER AND REAPPLIED RED PAINT TO NLG DOWNLOCK INDICATOR ON GEAR. ALL GEARS OPERATE NORMALLY DURING OPS CHECK. ALL WORK DONE IAW MM 32-60-00 AND 32-30-00, NO DEFECTS NOTED. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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