What was found
JACKED ACFT AND INVESTIGATED NOSE GEAR FOR NO GEAR DOWN INDICATION. FOUND NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED BY BUNGEE SPRING. FOUND ROD END DETACHED FROM NOSE GEAR RETRACT ACTUATOR. ROD END ON THE ACTUATOR CONTROLS DOWN LOCK AND UNSAFE INDICATION FOR THE NOSE GEAR BY ACTUATING MICROSWITCHES. INSPECTED NOSE GEAR RETRACT ACTUATOR ROD END AND FOUND PISTON SHAFT PULLED SEVERAL ROWS OF THREADS FROM THE ROD END INTERNAL SCREW; FOUND DAMAGED THREADS ON PISTON SHAFT ALSO. ROD END IS ALUMINUM, PISTON SHAFT STEEL. INSPECTED NOSE GEAR RETRACT ACTUATOR ROD END AND FOUND PISTON SHAFT PULLED SEVERAL ROWS OF THREADS FROM THE ROD END INTERNAL SCREW; FOUND DAMAGED THREADS ON PISTON SHAFT ALSO. ROD END IS ALUMINUM, PISTON SHAFT STEEL.