Service difficulty report · Link · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
August 17, 2007
Submitted
August 22, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N947DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49878
Aircraft time
48,055 hours, 37,177 cycles
Part
Link
Part number
39567851
Condition
Broken
Location
Rt Nlg Door
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AFTER GEAR RETRACTION, EXCESSIVE VIBRATION IN NOSE WHEEL AREA. EXTENDED GEAR AND DECLARED EMERGENCY. VIBRATION CONTINUED AFTER GEAR EXTENSION. FOUND RT NOSE GEAR DOOR LINK BROKEN. REMOVED AND REPLACED RT FWD DOOR LINK PER MM. NOSE GEAR AND DOORS OPERATE NORMAL.

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