Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
September 24, 2006
Submitted
September 27, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N161PL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49764
Aircraft time
49,461 hours, 33,976 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nose
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

AIRCRAFT RETURNED, DUE TO NOSE LANDING GEAR DID NOT RETRACT. VISUAL INSPECTION TO NOSE LANDING GEAR AND CHECK BY CONDITION AND LEAKS TEST TO CONTROL VALVE WERE PERFORMED, BEING ALL CORRECT. BITE TO PROXIMITY SWITCH WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 34-60-04, ALL CORRECT. OVERWEIGHT INSPECTION WAS NOT NECESSARY DUE TO AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH 134,262 POUNDS AND MAXIMUM LANDING WEIGHT IS 139,500 POUNDS, BEING WITHIN LIMITS.

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