Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
April 11, 2015
Submitted
April 13, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N7541A
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49995
Aircraft time
69,575 hours, 36,377 cycles
Part
Cylinder
Part number
SS093200147001
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

DURING APPROACH, GEAR WAS SLOW TO EXTEND & NOSE GEAR INDICATED UNSAFE, RED LIGHT ILLUMINATED & NLG PIN EXTENSION DID NOT EXTEND. USED ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE & PERFORMED FLYBY, ALL 3 GEARS EXTENDED. EMERGENCY DECLARED & LANDING UNEVENTFUL. R & R NOSE GEAR BUNGEE CYLINDER IAW AMM 32-32-07. PERFORMED NOSE GEAR LINKAGE ADJUSTMENT & TESTED IAW 32-21-03. PERFORMED LEAK & OPERATIONAL CHECKS. SYS CHECKED NORMAL.

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