What was found
(CAN) NOSE GEAR UPPER DRAG BRACE HAS A CRACK APPROXIMATELY .2500 INCHES IN LENGTH AND .1250 INCHES IN DEPTH, NEAR LT GEAR DOOR ATTACHMENT POINT. UPPER DRAG BRACE REPLACED. TIMES 57213:23 CYCLES 53614.
- Difficulty date
- April 9, 2004
- Submitted
- July 22, 2004
- Operation
- General aviation
- Make and model
- Boeing 737201
- Aircraft time
- 56,999 hours, 49,398 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa JT8D9A
- System (JASC)
- 3220 · Nose/Tail Landing Gear
- Part
- Drag Brace
- Part number
- 658005113
- Part serial
- YC071
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Nlg
- Part time
- 57,213 hours, 53,614 cycles
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.