Service difficulty report · Brace · Doug DC85F54

Difficulty date
December 18, 2001
Submitted
December 21, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N426FB
Make and model
Doug DC85F54
Aircraft serial
45667
Aircraft time
70,379 hours, 23,561 cycles
Part
Brace
Part number
57714073
Part serial
570003
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AT FLIGHT LEVEL 31.0 HEARD LOUD BANG NOISE UNDER COCKPIT AREA, ALSO ON APPROACH LOWERING GEAR LARGE BANG AND AIRCRAFT SHOOK. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND LT NOSE LANDING GEAR SIDE BRACE RETRACT ACT LUG BROKEN. REMOVED AND REPLACED LT NOSE LANDING GEAR SIDE BRACE IAW MM 32-2-0. PERFORMED NOSE LANDING GEAR OPS CHECK IAW MM 32-2-0. OPS NORMAL, NO LEAKS NOTED.