What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: NOSE LANDING GEAR TORQUE LINK CENTER APEX PIN CRACKED AT THE THREAD END AREA OF THE PIN. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE APEX PIN PER EA 339903.
- Difficulty date
- October 19, 2022
- Submitted
- October 25, 2022
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N508AY
- Make and model
- Airbus A300*
- Aircraft serial
- 3740
- Aircraft time
- 46,774 hours, 17,278 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3220 · Nose/Tail Landing Gear
- Part
- None
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Zone 700 - Gears
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- D
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.