Service difficulty report · Lock Link · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
September 1, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N951AS
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49111
Part
Lock Link
Part number
3914464503
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg
Part time
43,799 hours
Stage of operation
TX
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

SEA - FLT 255 - THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ROLL-OUT. FOUND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR UPPER LOCK LINK HAD FAILED ALLOWING THE NLG TO RETRACT. REPLACED THE NLG UPPER LOCK LINK AS PART OF THE NLG ASSY REPLACEMENT. PART TOTAL CYCLES: 26,301. (X)

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