Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Cndair CL6002B19

Difficulty date
September 1, 2026
Submitted
September 4, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N438AW
Make and model
Cndair CL6002B19
Aircraft serial
7748
Aircraft time
43,601 hours, 43,539 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Faulted
Location
Nose
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB OUT AFTER GEAR RETRACTION AT A BOUGHT 8,000 FT, BEGAN HEARING A THUD NOISE COMING FROM NOISE AREA OF ACFT. LOWERED MLG & NOISE WENT AWAY, NOISE CAME BACK AFTER RETRACTED. MLG F/O NOTICED SLIGHT YAW MOTION AFTER LOWERING MLG FOR LANDING NOISE DID NOT RETURN, F/O WAS ABLE TO FEEL A THUMB IN THE FLOOR WHILE ACFT WAS MAKING THUD NOISE. ACFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. INSPECTED MLG & MLG DOOR ASSY INSP NLG & NLG DOOR ASSY, NO ABNORMALITY FOUND IAW AMM 32-20-00, & 32-21-03, 32-10-00. CLEANED ELEC CONNECTORS ON NLG SELECTOR VALVE & NLG DOOR SELECTOR VALVE. PERFORMED MULTIPLE NLG SWINGS. NO THUMP DETECTED & OPS CHECK GOOD AT THIS TIME. INSTALLED GEAR PIN FLAGS REF ESPM. 20-17 & AMM 32-30.