Service difficulty report · Piston · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
July 7, 2008
Submitted
August 7, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N7540A
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49994
Aircraft time
51,742 hours
Part
Piston
Condition
Defective
Location
Nlg
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 T1347/07JUL. NOSE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. RETURNED TO DFW AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED NOSE GEAR PISTON AND ASSOCIATED SEALS. REPLACED UPPER AND LOWER SCISSOR LINKS. SERVICED STRUT ASSEMBLY. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (A)

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