What was found
NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF DESPITE NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS. WHILE SERVICING NOSE STRUT FOUND CHROME FLAKING FROM STRUT CYL. REPLACED NOSE PISTON PER M/M, SWUNG GEAR AND OPS CKS OK.
- Difficulty date
- February 17, 2001
- Submitted
- February 23, 2001
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N962DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49981
- Aircraft time
- 30,601 hours, 24,398 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3222 · Nose/Tail Landing Gear Strut/Axle
- Part
- Piston
- Condition
- Flaking
- Location
- Nlg
- Component
- Piston · 5920629519
- Stage of operation
- TO
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.