Service difficulty report · Strut · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
January 16, 2001
Submitted
January 18, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N16894
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49393
Aircraft time
46,020 hours, 22,690 cycles
Part
Strut
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
C, D

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

What was found

THE NLG RED UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED ACCOMPANIED BY NOISE AND BUFFETING AFTER TAKEOFF FROM ATL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO ATL WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE NLG STRUT WAS REPACKED IAW MM 32-21-02. LEAK CHECKS WERE GOOD. A NOSE GEAR RETRACTION WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 32-20-00, PAGE 201 AND NO FAULTS WERE NOTED.

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