N10675

Part: WIRE — CHAFED (MLG POWERPACK) · airframe 18,280 hrs · 31,558 cycles

DURING GEAR RETRACTION LT MAIN GEAR W/N RETRACT CB POPPED. FOUND HYDRALIC POWER PACK SLECTOR VALVE WIRE G9B22 CHAFFED AND CUT NEAR CONNECTOR P209.

Part: WIRE HARNESS — UNSECURE (MLG WIRING) · airframe 18,092 hrs · 31,328 cycles

AFTER TAKE OFF, THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. THE AIRCRAFT THEN RETURNED TO FIELD WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE WAS CALLED AND RESECURED RT UPLOCK SWITCH WIRE BUNDLE. OPS CHECKED NORMAL

Part: WIRE HARNESS — OPEN (RT MLG) · airframe 18,081 hrs · 31,308 cycles

NO GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION ON APPROACH INTO MCI. AFTER DOING A TOWER FLY-BY AND IN FLIGHT TROUBLE SHOOTING DETERMINED THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. INDICATION LIGHTS DID ILLUMINATE BEFORE LANDING AT MCI. MAINTENANCE WAS THEN CALLED AND THE RESOLDERED THE RT UPLOCK SWITCH WIRE BUNDLE. NO PARTS WERE USED.

Part: WARNING LIGHT — ACTIVATED (CABIN PRESS IND) · airframe 18,041 hrs · 31,215 cycles

REPOSITION FLIGHT, CABIN ALTITUDE HI ANNUN ILLUM AT 17,000 FT. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DECENDED TO 10,000 FT. MORE INFORMATION TO COME AS ITS RECIEVED.

Part: SHUTOFF VALVE — FAILED (PAX DOOR) · airframe 17,396 hrs · 30,420 cycles

ON CLIMB OUT, CREW WENT TO PRESSURIZE AIRCRAFT AND THE CABIN DOOR ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. CREW RETURNED TO FIELD WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. THE CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS THAT MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RIGHT INSTRUMENT AIR SHUT OFF VALVE. MORE INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE AT LATER DATE.

Part: RELEASE MECH — FAILED (PAX DOOR) · airframe 16,511 hrs · 29,302 cycles

AIRCRAFT PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT RELEASE THE RELEASE LOCK. FOUND BEFORE CHECK FLIGHT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RELEASE MECHANISM BUTTON ASSY. MORE INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE AT A LATER DATE.

Part: TORQUEMETER — INOPERATIVE (NR 2 ENGINE) · airframe 15,022 hrs · 27,133 cycles

ON TAKEOFF ROLL CREW OBSERVED NR 2 ENGINE VERY SLOW TO MAKE POWER. TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED, AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE GATE, MAINTENANCE CALLED. CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN: REMOVED AND REPLACED RT ENGINE TORQUE IND. OPS CK NORMAL. P/N 1143800653 S/N 461

Part: FIRE LOOP — MALFUNCTIONED (LT ENGINE) · airframe 14,937 hrs · 27,015 cycles

WHILE WAITING TO TAKEOFF, LT ENGINE GOT MASTER CAUTION AND A FIRE WARNING CREW FOLLOWED EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND SHUTDOWN ENGINE AND FIRED EXTINGISHER PAX WERE DEPLANNED AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO GATE WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. REPLACED LOOP P/N 244-12886.

Part: WIRE — LOOSE (AUTOPILOT SYS) · airframe 14,549 hrs · 26,426 cycles

AFTER TAKEOFF, CAPTAIN NOTICED AUTO PILOT DISCONNECT CHIME RUN CONTINUOUSLY. RETURNED TO FIELD WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. RESECURED WIRE AT CANNON PLUG, OPS CHECK NORMAL.

Part: INDICATOR — MALFUNCTIONED (ENGINE TORQUE) · airframe 14,305 hrs · 26,066 cycles

ON POWER UP FOR TAKEOFF LEFT HAND TORQUE GAUGE DROPPED TO ZERO. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO GATE AND MAINTENANCE CALLED. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 1 TORQUE METER, OPS CHECK GOOD. P/N 114-380065-3, S/N 630.

Part: RIB — CRACKED (VERTICAL STAB) · airframe 13,372 hrs · 24,904 cycles

WHILE PERFORMING AND INSPECTION IN THE VERT. STAB., THE RIB FLANGES AT CANTED STAB STA 54.026 WERE FOUND CRACKED IN FOUR PLACES ON THE LEFT AND TWO PLACES ON THE RIGHT. REPAIRED CRACKS TO RIB FLANGE IAW BMM P/N 114-590021-9, 51-70-03

Part: RIB — CRACKED (VERTICAL STAB) · airframe 13,372 hrs · 24,904 cycles

WHILE PERFORMING AN INSPECTION IN THE VERT STAB., THE RIB FLANGES AT CANTED STAB STA 69.184 WAS FOUND CRACKED IN ONE PLACE ON THE LEFT SIDE AT THE CENTER STRINGER. REPAIRED CRACKS TO RIB FLANGE IAW BMM P/N 114-590021-9, 51-70-03.

Part: SOLENOID — STUCK · airframe 12,213 hrs · 22,772 cycles

UPON LANDING ON FLIGHT 5487 IN PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA, THE CREW THOUGHT IT WAS A DESTABILIZING FLARE DUE TO LEFT QUARTERING TAILWIND. THEY WENT AROUND TO LAND ON A DIFFERENT RUNWAY TO FIND IN THE FLARE IT WAS THE LEFT PROP THAT WAS IN GROUND FINE WHEN THE POWER LEVER WAS RETARDED TO IDLE. THE CREW THOUGHT ABOUT SHUTTING DOWN THE LEFT ENGINE BUT WAS UNABLE TO TELL DEFINITELY WHICH OF THE PROPS HAD BEEN IN GROUND FINE. DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF THE LAST TWO APPROACHES AND THE SLICKNESS OF THE RUNWAY AT THE TIME, THEY DECIDED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND HAVE GROUND VEHICLES STANDING BY. THEY LANDING WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE LEFT LOW PITCH SOLENOID TO BE INOPERATIV

Part: TRUSS — CRACKED (RT ENGINE) · airframe 11,964 hrs · 22,343 cycles

WHILE PERFORMING AN "H" CHECK ON THE RT ENGINE TRUSS, MAINTENANCE FOUND A CRACK IN THE INBOARD AND OUTBOARD COWLING SUPPORT BRACKETS. THE CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS THAT MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED IT WITH ANOTHER ENGINE TRUSS. TEARDOWN REPORT REVEALED THAT THERE WAS A CRACK AT THE UPPER SUPPORT BRACKETS. ALSO CHAFED ON SUPPORT BRACKET. THE VENDOR PERFORMED 8000 HR MAG PARTICLE INSPECTION. REPAIRED TRUSS SUPPORT BRACKETS MOUNTS 2 EA BY FABRICATING AND INSTALLING FILLERS AND DOUBLERS ON UPPER COWLING BRACKETS. COMPLIED WITH "H" CHECK INSPECTION. REPAIRED CHAFED AREA ON COWLING BRACKET BY WELDING

Part: SWITCH — OUT OF ADJUST (COCKPIT) · airframe 11,919 hrs · 22,242 cycles

UPON APPROACH ON FLIGHT 5490, THE AUTOFEATHER SWITCH ARMED ANNUNCIATOR FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE ADJUSTED THE PEDESTAL SWITCHES. NO PARTS WERE USED. NO TEARDOWN REPORT WILL BE REQUIRED.

Part: ATTACH BRACKET — EXCESS WEAR (RT FLAP)

FLEET CAMPAIGN, 'MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE LT AND RT OTBD FLAP ATTACHMENT BRACKETS AND THE AFT ROLLER BEARING IAW RAYTHEON ACFT CO (RAC) SAFETY COMMUNIQUE NR 137 DATED MAY, 1997. FOUND ATTACHMENT BRACKETS WITH EXCESSIVE WEAR AND AFT ROLLER BEARINGS BINDING. AFFECTED COMPONENTS P/NS ARE BRACKET, LT INBD AND RT INBD, INBD HINGE, PN 35-165050-31. BRACKET, LT LTBD AND RT INBD, INBD HINGE, PN 35-165050-30. BRACKET, LT INBD AND RT OTBD, OTBD HINGE, PN 35-165050-35. BRACKET, LT OTBD AND RT INBD, OTBD HINGE, PN 35-165050-34. AFT BEARING ASSY, PN 114-521039-1. REF: CONTROL NR MASA97045. PART CYCLES, 3,439. ACFT TC, 3,439.

Part: MAIN ACTUATOR — FAILED (LT MLG)

PIT/PKB - FLT 5872 - ON APPROACH INTO PKB, GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN AND THE LT MAIN GEAR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED. THE CREW EXECUTED A GO-AROUND AND ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE GEAR. THE CREW FLEW BY THE TOWER. TOWER COULD NOT CONFIRM THE LT GEAR WAS DOWN SO THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES WERE CALLED OUT. WITH THE USE OF SPOTLIGHTS, TOWER WAS ABLE TO CONFIRM THE LT GEAR WAS DOWN, SO THE FLIGHT CREW PROCEEDED TO LAND. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENTS. REMOVED AND REPLACED LT MAIN ACTUATOR AND RIGGED AS REQUIRED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (X)