What was found
AFTER TAKEOFF NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. DCA MTC FOUND STRUT FLAT. SERVICED SAME, SWUNG GEAR ALL NORMAL.
- Difficulty date
- March 21, 2000
- Submitted
- April 14, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N993DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53345
- Aircraft time
- 23,612 hours, 18,673 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3222 · Nose/Tail Landing Gear Strut/Axle
- Part
- Strut
- Condition
- Discharged
- Location
- Nlg
- Component
- None
- 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.