Service difficulty report · Tire · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
November 4, 2004
Submitted
November 12, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N838AM
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49397
Aircraft time
54,988 hours, 26,305 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
System (JASC)
3244 · Tire
Part
Tire
Part number
3910097543
Part serial
DEC882725
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nlg
Part time
5,849 hours, 3,534 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT PERFORMED AN AIR TURNBACK, STRONG NOISE AND VIBRATION ON NOSE LANDING GEAR. DURING MAINTENANCE REVISION, FOUND THE WATER DEFLECTOR BROKEN, THE TIRES DAMAGED, A HYDRAULIC LEAK ON STEERING BYPASS VALVE, BOTH NOSE LIGHTS BROKEN, DENTS ON LOWER FUSELAGE AND A CRACK ON METALLIC SEAL OF SLAT ZERO IN LT WING. TIRES 1 AND 2, WATER DEFLECTOR, STEERING BYPASS VALVE FITTING AND NOSE LIGHTS WERE REPLACED IAW MM 32-40-02, 32-20-01, 20-12-02 AND 33-41-01, RESPECTIVELY, TEST CORRECT. DENTS AN CRACK WERE WITHIN LIMITS. OVERWEIGHT LANDING INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 05-51-04, ALL CORRECT.

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