Service difficulty report · Rod · Boeing 727227

Difficulty date
July 22, 2009
Submitted
July 27, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N308AS
Make and model
Boeing 727227
Aircraft serial
22002
Aircraft time
51,161 hours, 34,575 cycles
Part
Rod
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FLT 712. LANDING IN SAN ACFT DEVELOPED A VIOLENT UNCONTROLLABLE NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY. ACFT SLOWED TO DISCOVER A LOSS OF NLG STEERING. POST FLT INSPECTION PERFORMED, NOTED THE TORSION LINK PIN WAS NOT INSTALLED IN THE LINKS & THE NLG LIGHT CONDUIT WRAPPED AROUND THE LOWER STRUT ONE REVOLUTION. REMOVED AND REPLACE BOTH NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL ASSEMBLIES, REPLACED BROKEN NOSE LANDING GEAR POSITION ROD, REPLACED NOSE LANDING GEAR TOW BRACKET BUSHING, REMOVED NOSE LANDING GEAR TAXI LIGHT AND CONDUIT, INSTALLED TORSION PIN. PERFORMED OPS CHECK OF GEAR, NO OTHER DEFECTS WERE NOTED. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.