Service difficulty report · Link Assy · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
May 21, 2006
Submitted
May 24, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N838AM
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49397
Aircraft time
59,696 hours, 28,886 cycles
Part
Link Assy
Part number
39567851
Part serial
093A06268
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg
Part time
17,854 hours, 11,130 cycles
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

AIRCRAFT RETURNED OF FLIGHT AS A CONSEQUENCE OF STRONG VIBRATION IN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. DURING MAINTENANCE REVISION, THE RIGHT NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR WAS DETECTED OPENED, DOOR ACTUATOR LINK WAS CHECKED AND WAS FOUND CORRECT. OVERWEIGHT INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 05-51-00, ALL CORRECT. DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, ACTUATOR LINK WAS REPLACED IAW MM 32-22-01, TESTED CORRECT.

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