What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) N8694A, CL-600-2B19, was being operated by pinnacle airlines, as northwest airlink flight 5871, from detroit, mi to Omaha, NE. The crew reported to Omaha approach air traffic control that the aircraft had nose gear problems. They requested no assistance. The aircraft landed and was towed to the gate. The discrepancy was recorded in the maintenance logbook as "steering inop caution message in cruise flight per moc arm switch, with gear down received steering inop cautin message." Maintenance performed an ops check of the nose wheel steering, with no defects noted.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) N8694A, CL-600-2B19, WAS BEING OPERATED BY PINNACLE AIRLINES, AS NORTHWEST AIRLINK FLIGHT 5871, FROM DETROIT, MI TO OMAHA, NE. THE CREW REPORTED TO OMAHA APPROACH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD NOSE GEAR PROBLEMS. THEY REQUESTED NO ASSISTANCE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND WAS TOWED TO THE GATE. THE DISCREPANCY WAS RECORDED IN THE MAINTENANCE LOGBOOK AS "STEERING INOP CAUTION MESSAGE IN CRUISE FLIGHT PER MOC ARM SWITCH, WITH GEAR DOWN RECEIVED STEERING INOP CAUTIN MESSAGE." MAINTENANCE PERFORMED AN OPS CHECK OF THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING, WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED.
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