Service difficulty report · Strut · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
January 23, 2006
Submitted
February 6, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N430FX
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
166
Aircraft time
3,861 hours, 2,887 cycles
Part
Strut
Condition
Overserviced
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CREW RECEIVED A NWS CAS MESSAGE AFTER ROTATION. TOWER FLY-BY INDICATED NOSE WHEELS 45 DEGREES OFF CENTER. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO FIELD. ON LANDING, NOSE WHEELS CASTORED TO CENTER WITHOUT DAMAGE. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. SECOND INSTANCE OF THIS FAILURE IN ONE MONTH. MAINTENANCE FOUND NO DAMAGE TO STRUT. HOWEVER, FOUND STRUT OVER-SERVICED WITH HYD FLUID BY 17 OZ. RESEARCH INDICATED PRIOR EVENT HAD SAME OVER-SERVICED CONDITION. WORK TRACED BACK TO SAME REPAIR STATION. INTERNAL INVESTIGATION FOUND TECH USING UNKNOWN SERVICING METHOD THAT DID NOT AGREE WITH MM. QA ALERT BULLETIN ISSUED TO ALL MX FACILITIES TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE.