Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
March 17, 2000
Submitted
April 14, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N918DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49583
Aircraft time
33,081 hours, 28,072 cycles
Part
Cylinder
Part number
39346895001
Part serial
CCE113
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg Steering
Stage of operation
LD
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

ON APPROACH DURING LANDING GEAR EXTENSION A LOUD POPPING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE NLG AREA. NLG STEERING WORKED ON LANDING ROLLOUT THEN QUIT WHEN THE RUNWAY WAS CLEARED. STEERING FROZEN IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. FOUND THE RIGHT STEERING CYLINDER AFT MOUNT ATTACH LUG BROKEN REF IPC 32-52-02-2. REMOVED AND REPLACED RIGHT STEERING CYLINDER HYDRAULIC LINES TO CYLINDER AND I/B SWIVEL ASSY.

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