Service difficulty report · Bungee Cylinder · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
January 21, 2019
Submitted
February 5, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N9617R
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
53564
Aircraft time
57,946 hours, 28,982 cycles
Part
Bungee Cylinder
Condition
Failed
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
AP
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

NOSE GEAR FAILED TO DEPLOY WHEN GEAR HANDLE SELECTED DOWN. RED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMUMINATED FOR THE NOSE GEAR. MAIN GEAR DEPLOYED NORMALLY, USED ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE TO OBTAIN NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATIONS, INCLUDING A NOSE LANDING GEAR INDICATION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. REPLACED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR BUNGEE CYLINDER IAW AMM 32-32-07-201. LEAK AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.

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