Service difficulty report · Attach Bracket · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
October 3, 2005
Submitted
October 6, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N601FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48401
Aircraft time
46,822 hours, 11,378 cycles
Part
Attach Bracket
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg Door
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING CLIMB PASSING 1200FT ACCELLERATING THROUGH 270KTS.LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY SEVERE VIBRATION. NO ALERTS IN COCKPIT. ON POST FLT, FOUND NLG LEFT DOOR ACTUATION RODS DETACHED FROM DOOR FRAME AND NOSE GEAR CASE. R & R FWD LT NOSE GEAR DOOR AND FWD DOOR DRIVE LINK PER MM 32-23-03-4. R & R AFT LT NOSE GEAR DOOR AND NOSE GEAR SIDE BRACE ATTACH BRACKET PER MM 32-23-05-4. JACKED A/C NOSE PER MM 07-11-00-2 AND PERF.NOSE GEAR OPS CHK. ALL ADJUSTMENTS AND MEASURES ARE WITHIN MM LIMITS. R & R NOSE GEAR WHEEL WELL INSULATION BLANKET PER SRM.

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