# AD 68-02-05: Nose Gear Shock Strut

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Boeing DC-9-11, DC-9-12, DC-9-13, DC-9-14, DC-9-15, DC-9-15F, DC-9-21, DC-9-31, DC-9-32, DC-9-32 (VC-9C), DC-9-32F, DC-9-32F (C-9A) and 10 more
- Effective: February 29, 1968
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Large airplane
- Amendment: 39-559
- Registered aircraft: 99 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/69FB6EB7C9E02759862569BD004EECEB.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/68-02-05

## The airworthiness directive

68-02-05 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS: Amdt. 39-559. Applies to Model DC-9 Series airplanes.

Type Certificate Data Sheet No. A6WE, Revision 5, established a service life limit of 26,700 landings for the Nose Landing Gear Shock Strut Restrictor Assembly which is a component of the Nose Landing Gear Cylinder Assembly on DC-9 Series airplanes. The Nose Landing Gear Shock Strut Restrictor Assembly is available under three (3) part numbers. P/N 5958435-501 (Models DC-9-11, -12, -13, -14, -15 and -15F) and P/N 5920616-1 (Models DC-9-31, 32 and -32F) have a 3/8-inch hole near the packing groove at the upper end of the support assembly and are affected by this AD. The third part, P/N 5958435-1 (Models DC-9-11, -12, -13, -14, -15 and -15F) which has no hole, is not affected by this AD.

As a result of further fatigue testing, McDonnell Douglas has established a new service life limit of 8,000 landings for P/N 5958435-501 and P/N 5920616-1 due to fatigue failure in the vicinity of the hole.

Later revisions of Type Certificate Data Sheet No. A6WE will list the new service life limit for these parts.

To prevent fatigue failure:

As of the effective date of this AD, the service life limit of P/N 5958435-501 and P/N 5920616-1 Nose Landing Gear Shock Strut Restrictor Support Assembly is 8,000 landings.

This amendment becomes effective on February 29, 1968.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A6WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A6WE): The Boeing Company; names 19 of 25 models: DC-9-12, DC-9-15F, DC-9-41, DC-9-13, DC-9-34F, DC-9-81 (MD-81), DC-9-33F, DC-9-83 (MD-83)…

## Registered aircraft it may apply to (OpenAirDocs)

Matched by airframe and engine model; the AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

- Aircraft: 99 (99 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Mcdonnell Douglas 93, Douglas 6

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83)](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-83-md-83): 49 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82)](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-82-md-82): 22 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-87](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-87): 13 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-15F](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-15f): 3 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-33F](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-33f): 3 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Douglas DC-9-83](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-83): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Douglas DC9-15](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc9-15): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Douglas DC-9-15F](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-15f): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Douglas DC-9-21](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-21): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Douglas DC-9-32F](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-32f): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-32](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-32): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-32F](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-32f): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Douglas DC-9-33F](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-33f): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-87 (MD-87)](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-87-md-87): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 14 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/68-02-05/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/68-02-05/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.