What was found
NOSE GEAR SHIMMY DAMPENER ALSO ALIGNS NOSE SEAL ON RETRACTION: UNIT SHAFT CIRCLIP FAILED ALLOWING SHAFT TO EXIT BODY AND JAMMED NOSE. GEAR AT ANGLE TO CENTERLINE OF AIRCRAFT. GROOVE FOR CIRCLIP DOES NOT APPEAR DEEP ENOUGH.
- Difficulty date
- May 15, 1999
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N209DB
- Make and model
- Bolkms BO209MONSUN
- Aircraft serial
- 139
- System (JASC)
- 3252 · Shimmy Damper
- Part
- Dampener
- Part number
- 20952253
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Nlg
- Part time
- 774 hours
- Stage of operation
- NR
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.