Service difficulty report · Door · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
July 28, 2019
Submitted
July 30, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N980TW
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
53630
Aircraft time
53,418 hours, 27,598 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Open
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: PILOT REPORTS AFTER T/O, LARGE VIBRATION IN NOSE OF AIRCRAFT. SUSPECTED NOSE GEAR DOORS OPEN. RETURNED TO DFW. EMERGENCY DECLARED. MAINTENANCE REPORTS UPON LANDING AND ARRIVAL AT GATE, FOUND NOSE GEAR FORWARD DOORS OPEN. CHECKED DOOR STRUT LOCKS, FOUND TO BE OK, OPERATION OK. INSPECTED HINGES AND LINKS, NO DEFECTS NOTED. INSPECTED RADOME AND NOSE GEAR AREA. NO DEFECTS NOTED.

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