Service difficulty report · Link · Doug DC6A

Difficulty date
January 7, 2000
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N1027N
Make and model
Doug DC6A
Aircraft serial
43580
Part
Link
Part number
5325437
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg
Component
5248876
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER GEAR RETRACTION AND GEAR HANDLE PLACED IN NEUTRAL, NOSE GEAR WILL NOT STAY UP. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PANC. MAINTENANCE FOUND RETRACT MECHANISM (DRAG LINK), UPPER LEFT HAND LINK BROKEN. REPLACED UPPER RETRACT MECHANISM, PERFORMED GEAR RETRACTION TEST PER DOUGLAS MM AND RETURNED AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. (M)

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