Service difficulty report · Wheel · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
April 23, 2005
Submitted
April 26, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N881LF
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
53051
Aircraft time
42,215 hours, 30,472 cycles
Part
Wheel
Part number
3910097543
Part serial
MAR851802
Condition
Out Of Balance
Location
Nlg
Part time
8,627 hours, 5,170 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PLATFORM AS A CONSEQUENCE OF AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED STRONG VIBRATION DURING TAKEOFF. NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS CHECKED BEING ALL CORRECT IAW MM 32-21-01. AIRCRAFT NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS JACKED DETECTING UNBALANCED BETWEEN BOTH WHEELS. REPLACED IAW MM 32-42-00, ALL CORRECT.

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