Service difficulty report · Actuator · Boeing 717200

Difficulty date
June 7, 2024
Submitted
June 10, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N944AT
Make and model
Boeing 717200
Aircraft serial
55007
Aircraft time
64,038 hours, 45,636 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Faulted
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

SHIP 9504 -GEAR/DE- ON APPROACH FOR LANDING THE FLIGHT CREW RECEIVED AN "NLG UNSAFE" INDICATION AFTER SELECTING THE GEAR TO EXTEND. THE QRH WAS COMPLIED WITH, AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, AND THE ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES WERE PERFORMED. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DID EXTEND AT THAT TIME AND THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. CORRECTIVE ACTION: MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE NLG BUNGEE ACTUATOR, A MISSING UPPER PIN RIGHT INBOARD BOLT, A DAMAGED LEFT INBOARD BOLT, AND THE CORRODED UPPER LOCK LINK PIN (BOTH BOLTS). INVESTIGATION SHOWED THE BOLTS TO BE SHEARED AND THAT NO SEALANT WAS PRESENT. (LP #5625362)

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