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A DC9-30 was dispatched with a main landing gear door misrigged and an actuating rod end not safetied, door could be opened but not closed. Aircraft landed with the door open incurring no damage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 410046 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199808 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-9 30 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 410046 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 409899 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
After completion of rigging check of the main landing gear door uplock assembly, left and right, the aircraft remained in maintenance check for 4 additional days and operated in service for 2 days before the above event took place. All items of installation, rigging and inspection were accomplished per air carrier job cards xyz-YYY, xyz-yyz. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the problem was not the warning system but a rod that was misrigged and then not safetied. The reporter said when the rod end came loose the door could be opened but not closed. The reporter said the aircraft landed with the door open but incurred no damage.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DC9-30 WAS DISPATCHED WITH A MAIN LNDG GEAR DOOR MISRIGGED AND AN ACTUATING ROD END NOT SAFETIED, DOOR COULD BE OPENED BUT NOT CLOSED. ACFT LANDED WITH THE DOOR OPEN INCURRING NO DAMAGE.
Narrative: AFTER COMPLETION OF RIGGING CHK OF THE MAIN LNDG GEAR DOOR UPLOCK ASSEMBLY, L AND R, THE ACFT REMAINED IN MAINT CHK FOR 4 ADDITIONAL DAYS AND OPERATED IN SVC FOR 2 DAYS BEFORE THE ABOVE EVENT TOOK PLACE. ALL ITEMS OF INSTALLATION, RIGGING AND INSPECTION WERE ACCOMPLISHED PER ACR JOB CARDS XYZ-YYY, XYZ-YYZ. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE PROB WAS NOT THE WARNING SYS BUT A ROD THAT WAS MISRIGGED AND THEN NOT SAFETIED. THE RPTR SAID WHEN THE ROD END CAME LOOSE THE DOOR COULD BE OPENED BUT NOT CLOSED. THE RPTR SAID THE ACFT LANDED WITH THE DOOR OPEN BUT INCURRED NO DAMAGE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.