What was found
ON ARRIVAL, FOUND NLG STRUT TO BE OVER EXTENDED, 20 MINUTES LATER, STRUT WAS FLAT. ATTEMPTED NITROGEN SERVICE, NLG WILL NOT HOLD PRESS.
- Difficulty date
- March 31, 2014
- Submitted
- April 4, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N464UA
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 1290
- Aircraft time
- 47,841 hours, 18,696 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2527A5
- System (JASC)
- 3222 · Nose/Tail Landing Gear Strut/Axle
- Part
- Strut
- Condition
- Defective
- Location
- Nlg
- 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.