Service difficulty report · Sensor · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
November 20, 2004
Submitted
November 23, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N205AM
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49405
Aircraft time
40,880 hours, 27,038 cycles
Part
Sensor
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nlg
Part time
1 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

A/C RETURNED, DUE TO "UNSAFE NLG" LIGHT TURNED ON & STRONG NOISE DETECTED. A/C SENT TO HANGAR & NOSE L/G DOORS INSPECT, DOORS TEST & EXTENSION/RETRACTION TEST WERE PERFORMED IAW MM 32-20-00, 32-22-01, 32-30-00, RESPECTIVELY, ALL CORRECT. DURING CLIMB IN NEXT FLT, A/C RETURNED OF FLT BY SAME FAILURE & A/C SENT TO HANGAR AGAIN. DURING OVERNIGHT SERVICE, NLG STRUT SERVICED, NLG DOORS PRECHARGE CHECKED, GEAR UP & LOCKED SENSOR & NLG ACTUATOR REPLACED, EXTENSION/RETRACTION TEST PERFORMED IAW MM 32-21-02, 32-22-01, 32-60-05, 32-32-06 AND 32-30-00, RESPECTIVELY. SENSORS D1-31 AND D1-32 WERE CHECKED & SENSOR D1-31 WAS REPLACED IAW MM 32-60-00, ALL CORRECT. O/W INSPECT PERFORMED IAW MM 05-51-04 AND TEST FLT WAS PERFO

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