SDR ASMF200707009

Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Boeing 7572Q8

Difficulty date: July 13, 2007
Submitted: July 16, 2007
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N805AM
Make and model: Boeing 7572Q8
Aircraft serial: 26272
Aircraft time: 43,082 hours, 16,153 cycles
System (JASC): 3220 · Nose/Tail Landing Gear
Part: Landing Gear
Condition: Inoperative
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, NOSE LANDING GEAR DID NOT RETRACT. DURING CHECK, TECH DETECTED THE LOCK PIN OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR INSTALLED, SO IT WAS REMOVED AND AIRCRAFT WAS DISPATCHED. OVERWEIGHT LANDING INSPECTION WAS NOT NECESSARY, AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH 73900 POUNDS AND THE MAXIMUM LIMIT IS 139,500 POUNDS.

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