Service difficulty report · Door Latch · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
January 24, 2009
Submitted
April 3, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N599AA
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53289
Aircraft time
53,928 hours, 22,467 cycles
Part
Door Latch
Condition
Dirty
Location
Nlg
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

PSP INFLIGHT - AT GEAR RETRACTION CREW REPORTED LOUD BUFFETING NOISE FROM NOSE GEAR AREA. RETURNED TO PSP AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND RIGHT NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR OPEN. CHECKED AND CLEANED NOSE GEAR DOOR LATCH AND LINKAGE. VERIFIED NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR LOCKED. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.

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