# SDR A6WA202609018912

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: September 1, 2026
- Submitted: September 4, 2026
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N438AW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N438AW), registered now
- Make and model: Cndair CL6002B19
- Aircraft serial: 7748
- Aircraft time: 43,601 hours, 43,539 cycles
- System (JASC): [3220 · Nose/Tail Landing Gear](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3220)
- Part: Landing Gear
- Condition: Faulted
- Location: Nose
- Stage of operation: CL
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: E
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/A6WA202609018912

## Discrepancy

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.

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