Service difficulty report · Pin · Doug DC8F54

Difficulty date
November 3, 2000
Submitted
November 3, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N57FB
Make and model
Doug DC8F54
Aircraft serial
45669
Aircraft time
71,348 hours, 25,079 cycles
Part
Pin
Condition
Broken
Location
Lt Mlg
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FLIGHT LEAVING OUT OF MIA TO KM, WHEN LANDING GEAR SELECTED UP; CREW HEARD LOUD BANG IN AFT AIRCRAFT; FOLLOWED BY UNSAFE RED GEAR LIGHT AND LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID. FOUNDED LT MAIN GEAR RETRACTING ACTUATOR BROKEN PIN. DURING REPLACEMENT OF THE LT RETRACT PIN IN THE MLG SHOCK STRUT CYLINDER, CORROSION WAS FOUND INSIDE THE BOSE WHERE THE PIN IS INSERTED. AFTER CORROSION CLEAN UP IAW SB 32-102, AN INTERNAL DIAMETER OF .035 INCH REMAINED GREATER THAN THE ALLOWED LIMIT OF THE SB. IN ADDITION, MINOR PITTING REMAINED. CLEANED AREA, AND INSTALLED A STEEL BUSHING MACHINED IAW THE SB INSTRUCTIONS, AND INSTALLATION WAS COMPLETE.

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