# SDR AU960262

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: January 27, 1996
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Make and model: Gulstm AA5
- System (JASC): [3222 · Nose/Tail Landing Gear Strut/Axle](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3222)
- Part: Strut
- Part number: 702057505
- Condition: Failed
- Location: Nlg
- Stage of operation: TX
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AU960262

## Discrepancy

(AUS) NOSE LANDING GEAR TUBULAR STRUT FAILED DUE TO INTERNAL CORROSION CAUSED BY WATER ENTRAPMENT IN COVERING BOOT - NLG COLLAPSED -PROPELLER CONTACTED GROUND - SUSPECT BOOT HAD NOT BEEN REMOVED TOINSPECT NLG FOR SOME CONSIDERABLE TIME - PERSONNEL/MAINTENANCE ERROR

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