Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Boeing 727223

Difficulty date
April 20, 2003
Submitted
April 22, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N715AA
Make and model
Boeing 727223
Aircraft serial
22470
Aircraft time
53,440 hours, 28,562 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Lack Of Lube
Location
Mains
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING APPROACH, THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND WHEN THE GEAR WAS LOWERED. GEAR WAS RECYCLED AND NOSE GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY AND AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED, CLEANED AND LUBED NOSE GEAR MOUNTS, LINKS AND ACTUATOR MOUNTS. TROUBLESHOOT BY EXTENDING AND RETRACTING HYDRAULIC COMPONENT SYSTEMS. JACKED AIRCRAFT NOSE FOR GEAR EXTENSION AND RETRACTION TEST. CYCLED GEAR SIX FULL TIMES RETRACT AND EXTEND. OBSERVED NORMAL OPERATIONS FOR ALL TEST AND NO DEFECTS NOTED IAW B727 MM 32-33-0 AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.