Service difficulty report · Bungee Cylinder · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
November 7, 2011
Submitted
November 11, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N110HM
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49787
Aircraft time
56,327 hours, 35,015 cycles
Part
Bungee Cylinder
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
LD
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

STL - CREW REPORTED NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND WHEN GEAR HANDLE MOVED TO THE DOWN POSITION. UNSAFE NOSE GEAR WARNING LIGHT INDICATED. PERFORMED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE AND NOSE GEAR LOWERED AND GREEN LIGHT SAFE ILLUMINATED WITH NOSE PIN EXTENDED. FLIGHT LANDED STL WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. REPLACED NOSE LANDING GEAR BUNGEE CYLINDER. SYSTEM GROUND CHECK NORMAL OPERATION.

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