What was found
ON TAKEOFF NLG DID NOT APPEAR TO RETRACT, HAD RED UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. RAN POM PROCEDURE NLG REMAINED UNSAFE IN RETRACT POSITION-REPLACED NLG SCRADER VALVE FOR LEAKING.
- Difficulty date
- July 18, 2003
- Submitted
- August 4, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N988DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53339
- Aircraft time
- 30,367 hours, 23,650 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3222 · Nose/Tail Landing Gear Strut/Axle
- Part
- Schrader Valve
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Nlg
- 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.