Service difficulty report · Drag Brace · Cndair CL6002B19

Difficulty date
February 15, 2003
Submitted
March 25, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Cndair CL6002B19
Engine
Ge CF343B1
Part
Drag Brace
Condition
Cracked
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

(CAN) THE AIRCRAFT LANDED NORMALLY AND SHORTLY AFTER, THE NLG TOUCH DOWN, THE CREW REPORTED AN IMPACT FOLLOWED BY A NOISE AND THE NLG COLLAPSED. THE NLG COLLAPSE DUE TO THE DRAG BRACE CRACKED. THE CREW MENTIONNED ALSO A PROBABLE IMPACT WITH A SNOW BANK FOR SEVERAL REASONS: RUNWAY SNOW CONTAMINATION INCONSISTENT (CLEAR , 4 FT AND SNOW BANKS) SIDE OF THE RUNWAY CLEAR FROM SNOW- SNOW GSE ACTIVITY AT A RUNWAY TEE INTERSECTION (JUST AFTER THE LANDING AREA) THE NLG COLLAPSE DUE TO THE DRAG BRACE CRACK.