What was found
CORROSION ON CYLINDER AND HOUSING WORN ON AXLE OF NOSE LANDING GEAR. NLG CYLINDER AND HOUSING WAS REPLACED.
- Difficulty date
- November 30, 2016
- Submitted
- December 7, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N952DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49883
- Aircraft time
- 70,455 hours, 52,113 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3222 · Nose/Tail Landing Gear Strut/Axle
- Part
- Axle
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Nlg
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.