Service difficulty report · Arm · Doug DC862F

Difficulty date
April 12, 2003
Submitted
April 15, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N791AL
Make and model
Doug DC862F
Aircraft serial
46150
Aircraft time
64,047 hours, 18,678 cycles
Part
Arm
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg Door
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER GEAR RETRACTION NOISE AND VIBRATION FROM NOSE GEAR AREA. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND GEAR DOOR ARM BROKEN WITH DAMAGE TO FUSELAGE AT DOOR HINGE AREA. CUT OUT DAMAGED AREA AND FABRICATED DOUBLER REPAIR IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-1 FIG 7 PAGE 111. REMOVED AND REPLACED ROD ON NOSE LANDING GEAR (NLG) FIX DOOR LT SIDE IAW DC8 MM 32-30-0 PAGE 201.

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