What was found
NOSE LANDING GEAR UNSAFE INDICATIONS ON TAKEOFF. DECLARED EMERGENCY RETURN TO KMEM. FOUND THE RIGHT NLG DOOR UPLOCK HOOK BROKEN. REMOVED AND REPLACED NLG DOOR UPLOCK ASSY, LEAK CK C/W. OP CHECKS NORMAL.
- Difficulty date
- August 12, 2002
- Submitted
- August 13, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N659FE
- Make and model
- Airbus A300F4605R
- Aircraft serial
- 757
- Aircraft time
- 11,046 hours, 5,581 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3231 · Landing Gear Door Retract Section
- Part
- Uplock
- Part number
- A254310012
- Part serial
- M472
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Nlg Door
- Part time
- 817 hours, 368 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CL
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- J
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.