Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
July 9, 2010
Submitted
July 13, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N965DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49984
Aircraft time
53,889 hours, 40,287 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nlg
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

UPON LANDING NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. PULLED ALTERNATE GEAR EXTEND HANDLE AND NOSE GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY. DECLARED EMERGENCY. JACKED A/C AND SWUNG GEAR. NLG RETRACTS NORMALLY BUT WILL NOT EXTEND WHEN GEAR LEVER IS PLACED DOWN. SUSPECT BUNGEE ACTUATOR. REPLACED NOSE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES EXTEND AND RETRACT NORMAL (DLM88101781).

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