Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Lear 60LEAR

Difficulty date
December 4, 2006
Submitted
December 7, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N43NR
Make and model
Lear 60LEAR
Aircraft serial
043
Aircraft time
4,161 hours, 2,652 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW305
Part
Landing Gear
Part number
231710015
Part serial
B0005
Condition
Lack Of Lube
Location
Nose
Part time
4,161 hours, 2,652 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DEC. 04, 2006 DURING CLIMB OUT, RETRACTED LANDING GEAR AND THE UNSAFE NOSE LANDING GEAR RED LIGHT ILLUMINATED. RECYCLED THE GEAR TWICE AND EACH TIME THE NLG LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. RETURNED AND LANDED SAFELY. INVESTIGATED AND FOUND THE GEAR NEEDED LUBRICATION, LUBRICATED THE NLG NOSE TRUNION, ACTUATOR PIVOT POINTS AND UPLOCK ROLLERS. PERFORMED GEAR SWINGS IAW LR 60 MM 32-30-0.OPS CHECKS WERE GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE ON 12-04-2006.