What was found
SHOP FOUND HEAVY CORROSION & PITTING IN NLG UPPER CYLINDER BORE. PART SCRAPPED AT DIRECTION OF ENGINEERING.
- Difficulty date
- June 29, 2015
- Submitted
- November 30, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N983TW
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 53633
- Aircraft time
- 44,619 hours, 21,725 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3222 · Nose/Tail Landing Gear Strut/Axle
- Part
- Cylinder
- Part number
- 59206029
- Part serial
- CPI847A
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Nlg
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.