Service difficulty report · Cylinder · 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
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Part
Cylinder
Part number
39281375001
Part serial
FAS124
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nlg
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. AT PLATFORM AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED IAW MM 07-11-00 AND 3 EXTENSION AND RETRACTION CYCLES WERE PERFORMED, DETECTING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT LOW AND WITH LOW AIR LEVEL. NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT SEALS WERE REPLACED IAW MM 32-21-02, NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS ACTUATOR, LOCK ACTUATOR AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM WERE CHECKED AND TESTED IAW MM 32-30-00, ALL CORRECT. OVERWEIGHT INSPECTION WAS NOT NECESSARY DUE TO AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH 119,729 POUNDS AND MAXIMUM LANDING WEIGHT IS 139,500 POUNDS, BEING WITHIN LIMITS. DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, A HYDRAULIC LEAK WAS DETECTED IN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR PISTON, SO SEALS WERE REPLACED IAW MM 32-21-02, TORQUE VALUES IN L

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