Service difficulty report · Strut · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
August 20, 2018
Submitted
August 21, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N900DE
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53372
Aircraft time
68,977 hours, 50,639 cycles
Part
Strut
Condition
Discharged
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PERFORMED AND AIR TURN BACK DUE TO A NLG UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATING DURING CLIMB OUT. THE NLG INDICATION PIN WAS NORMAL. THE CREW ASSUMED THAT THE GEAR DOORS WERE OPEN. THE GEAR WAS LOWERED AND ALL INDICATIONS WERE GOOD. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED THE NO GO ODI PREVENTION WORK CARDS AND SERVICED THE NOSE GEAR STRUT IAW WC 3221-6446. A SUCCESSFUL GEAR SWING WAS PERFORMED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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