SDR 2024F00022

Service difficulty report · Hook · Agusta A109

Difficulty date
January 31, 2024
Submitted
February 1, 2024
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N362CR
Make and model
Agusta A109
Aircraft serial
22434
Part
Hook
Part number
109051246105
Condition
Sticking
Location
Nlg
Part time
857 hours, 2,078 cycles
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

UPON LANDING THE NOSE WHEEL WOULD NOT EXTEND. THE PILOT FOLLOWED THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOR THE HELICOPTER AND TRIED TO LOWER NOSEWHEEL USING THE EMERGENCY DOWN LEVER, TO NO EFFECT. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO REST THE NOSE OF THE HELICOPTER ON A MATTRESS AND SHUT DOWN.