- Difficulty date
- December 20, 2013
- Submitted
- December 30, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 53620
- Aircraft time
- 39,757 hours, 18,907 cycles
- Part
- Seal
- Condition
- Damaged
- 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 CREW REPORTED DURING GEAR RETRACTION "NOSE LANDING GEAR UNSAFE" INDICATION. EMERGENCY DECLARED FLIGHT RETURNED DFW LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. REPLACED METERING PIN SEALS & REPACKED NLG. SYSTEM GND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION CLOSED.