Service difficulty report · Piston · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
January 5, 2006
Submitted
January 9, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N7536A
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49990
Part
Piston
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Nlg Strut
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DFW INFLIGHT T826/05JAN - ON RETRACTION, NOSE GEAR RED LIGHT SLOW TO GO OUT. WENT OUT AT ABOUT 2100 ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. NOSE GEAR LIGHT CAME BACK ON BETWEEN 8000 AND 10000 MEAN SEA LEVEL. RETURNED TO DFW AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REMOVED NOSE GEAR PISTON AND REPLACED ALL SEALS. REPLACED LOWER TORQUE LINK PIVOT PIN AND ASSOCIATED BUSHINGS DUE TO BINDING. ACCOMPLISHED FULL STRUT SERVICE AND GEAR EXTENTION AND RETRACTION. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.

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