Service difficulty report · Bungee Cylinder · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
August 3, 2003
Submitted
December 12, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N251AA
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49270
Part
Bungee Cylinder
Part number
SS093200147001
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

EN ROUTE, AFTER LANDING GEAR RETRACTION THE RED NOSE GEAR LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED FOR 15-20 SECONDS. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED THE BUNGEE CYLINDER. JACKED NOSE OF AIRCRAFT AND SWUNG NOSE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES. SYSTEM LEAK AND GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (M)

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