Service difficulty report · Actuator · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
November 6, 2002
Submitted
November 13, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N945DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49818
Aircraft time
36,591 hours, 29,536 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
UNK
Part serial
UNK
Condition
Failed
Location
Nlg Door
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.

What was found

SEVERE VIBRATION FROM NOSE GEAR AFTER GEAR RETRACTION. GEAR WAS LOWERED AND ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. FOUND RT GEAR DOOR RETRACTION ACTUATOR FAILED TO LOCK UP. REPLACED GEAR DOOR RETRACTION ACTUATOR PER MM. JACKED NOSE GEAR AND RETRACTED 3 TIMES. OPS CHECK NORMAL

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