Service difficulty report · Strut · Doug DC873

Difficulty date
January 7, 2010
Submitted
January 11, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N803DH
Make and model
Doug DC873
Aircraft serial
46123
Aircraft time
87,107 hours, 32,305 cycles
Part
Strut
Part number
57153545549
Part serial
3220146108
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nose
Part time
2 hours, 1 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AFTER PUSH BACK, MX REPORTED LEAK FROM NOSE GEAR. RII ITEM. ACFT IS GROUNDED- REPLACING NOSE GEAR ASSY.

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