Service difficulty report · Seal · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
February 4, 2007
Submitted
February 8, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N161PL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49764
Aircraft time
50,528 hours, 34,630 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Part
Seal
Part number
7220MT987N
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg Strut
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G, 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, DURING TAKEOFF, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DID NOT RETRACT, TRANSPONDER DID NOT WORK AND PRESSURIZATION FAILED. ADDITIONALLY, STABILIZER, SPOILERS AND AUTOBRAKES LANDING GEAR ALARMS WERE ACTIVATED, AS WELL AS A STRONG NOISE IN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT AND SEAL WERE REPLACED IAW MM 32-21-02, LUBRICATION SERVICE AND TEST WERE PERFORMED IAW MM 12-21-04 AND 32-30-00, ALL CORRECT. OVERWEIGHT INSPECTION WAS NOT NECESSARY DUE TO AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH 17,200 POUNDS AND MAXIMUM LANDING WEIGHT IS 139,500 POUNDS.

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