Service difficulty report · Bracket · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
December 28, 2007
Submitted
December 31, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N263SK
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145199
Aircraft time
20,883 hours, 16,433 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
16,714 hours, 12,228 cycles
Part
Bracket
Part number
A42027
Condition
Broken
Location
Taxi Light
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

YUL TO CLE - ON FINAL APPROACH WITH LANDING GEAR DOWN, FLAPS SELECTED TO 45, AND LANDING CHECK-LIST COMPLETED, THE FLIGHT CREW HEARD A BANGING NOISE ORIGINATING FROM THE NOSE GEAR AREA. THE FLIGHT CREW ABORTED THE APPROACH TO CONVERSE WITH MX CONTROL ABOUT POSSIBLE CAUSES, AND IT WAS DECIDED THAT IT WAS MOST LIKELY THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TAXI LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND FOUND THE UPPER TAXI LIGHT BROKEN FROM ITS MOUNT AND HANGING BY THE WIRES. THE LANDING LIGHT WAS REMOVED AND PLACED ON CDL FOR REPLACEMENT.

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