Service difficulty report · Torque Links · Fokker F28MK1000

Difficulty date
June 9, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Fokker F28MK1000
Part
Torque Links
Part number
200633202
Condition
Broken
Location
Rtmlg Leg
Component
Dowty · 200427010
Stage of operation
LD
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) IMMEDIATELY AFTER A SMOOTH LANDING, A VERY STRONG VIBRATION STARTED IN THE MAIN LANDING GEAR. HEAVY BRAKE APPLICATION MOMENTARILY STOPPED THE VIBRATION, THEN IT STARTED AGAIN, FOLLOWED BY YAWING TO THE RIGHT, AND THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO LOWER ON THE RIGHT SIDE ONTO THE GEAR LEG. FURTHER YAWING WAS CONTROLLED BY ASYMMETRIC BRAKING AND STEERING. THE SEPARATED R/H MAIN WHEELS CAUGHT UP WITH THE AIRCRAFT WHICH FINALLY STOPPED. AIRCRAFT EVACUATED ON RUNWAY.

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