Service difficulty report · Door · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
January 20, 2012
Submitted
January 21, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N305FA
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49398
Aircraft time
57,708 hours, 32,904 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Part
Door
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Mlg
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, RED NOSE GEAR UNSAFE ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED UPON GEAR RETRACTION. QRH PROCEDURE FOLLOWED NO CHANGE RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. UPON ACFT ARRIVAL THE ACFT WAS PLACED ON JACKS AND A FUNTIONAL CHECK REVEALED THAT THE LANDING GEAR DOORS WERE OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. MX AT ASCENT MRO ACCOMPLISHED NLG DOORS/LINKAGED ADJUSTMENT IAW AMM 32-22-01. REPLACED NLG GROUND INTERLOCK SWITCH IAW AMM 32-60-05. ACCOMPLISHED TRIPLE GEAR SWING, CYCLED SEVERAL TIMES AND ALL INDICATIONS ON RETRACION ARE NORMAL. REF AMM 32-60-05.

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