Service difficulty report · Housing · Emb EMB110P1

Difficulty date
August 31, 2008
Submitted
November 3, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Emb EMB110P1
Aircraft time
23,752 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A34
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Housing
Part number
15200
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg Strut
Component
Nlg · Eram · 110P241021
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) WHEN LANDING AT THE AIRPORT ON A TRAINING FLIGHT THE NLG PARTIALLY RETRACTED TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE ACFT. THE ACFT PITCHED RT AND FULL LT BRAKE WAS USED TO KEEP THE ACFT ON THE RUNWAY. THE ACFT MOMENTARILY LT THE RT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT WITH THE RT PROPELLER. THE AFT THEN CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE RUNWAY. UPON INSP OF THE ACFT IT WAS FOUND THAT THE NLG STRUT HSG WAS BROKEN AT THE RT TRUNNION LINK. THIS ALLOWED THE GEAR LEG TO TURN AND MOVE REARWARD UNDER THE ACFT.

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