Service difficulty report · Spring · Boeing 717200

Difficulty date
February 18, 2012
Submitted
February 22, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N957AT
Make and model
Boeing 717200
Aircraft serial
55019
Part
Spring
Condition
Broken
Location
Mlg Door Latch
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, ON GEAR REACTION RT MAIN GEAR INDICATED UNSAFE (RED) FOLLOWED ABNORMAL NON-ALERT P-15. SLOWED TO 210 KIAS. CYCLED GEAR, ALL GEAR INDICATED GREEN WHEN DOWN AND GEAR LIGHTS WENT DARK (SAFE). ON SECOND GEAR RETRACTION, DURING APPROACH ALL GEAR LIGHTS WERE GREEN. FOUND DOOR LATCH SPRING BROKEN. REPLACED SPRING AND ADJUSTED RT MLG LATCH, REF AMM 32-34-01. CHECKED DOOR PROXIMITY AND GEAR UPLATCHED PROXIMITY INDICATIONS, NORMAL PER REF AMM 32-61-00.

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