Service difficulty report · Strut · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
January 5, 2016
Submitted
January 8, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N648UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
25285
Aircraft time
96,051 hours, 15,105 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Part
Strut
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg Door
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF ACFT EXPERIENCED A VIBRATION IN AREA OF NLG. ACFT RETURN TO FIELD. FOUND NLG LT AFT DOOR ATTACH STRUT BROKEN. REPLACED & ADJUSTED THE LT AFT NLG DOOR OPERATOR STRUT ASSEMBLY IAW AMM 32-22-04. JACKED NOSE IAW AMM 07-11-02 & SWUNG GEAR TO VERIFY ADJUSTMENT & FAIR OF DOOR.