SDR 98ZZZX1108

Service difficulty report · Fitting · Amtr GLASAIRIII

Difficulty date
February 17, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N56GJ
Make and model
Amtr GLASAIRIII
Aircraft serial
3141
Part
Fitting
Condition
Loose
Location
Nlg Hydraulic
Part time
282 hours
Stage of operation
AP
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED UNSAFE NOSE LANDING GEAR UPON FINAL APPROACH. UPON TOUCHDOWN, NLG COLLAPSED. INVEST REVEALED A LOOSE HYD FITTING UNDER THE FLOOR PANEL HAD LEAKED HYD FLUID WITH SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF HYD PRESSURE. IT APPEARS THE NOSE GEAR NEVER ACHIEVED CENTER, ALTHOUGH THE MAIN GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED. FURTHER INVEST REVEALED SB 103, NOSE GEAR OVERCENTER SPRING, HAD NOT BEEN ACCOMPLISHED AND SB 100, CHECK OF LANDING GEAR OVERCENTER CONDITION, WAS NOT UTILIZED TO ITS FULLEST. THE LOOSE HYD FITTING WAS INITIALLY CAUSAL. THIS INCIDENT MAY HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF SB 103 HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED AND LANDING GEAR RIGGING ACCOMPLISHED IAW SB 100.