What was found
ON GEAR RETRACTION HEARD BANG FROM NOSE GEAR AREA, DIVERTED. FOUND RT NOSE GEAR BUNGEE SPRING BROKEN. REPLACED SPRINGS.
- Difficulty date
- May 27, 2009
- Submitted
- June 1, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N927DA
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49714
- Aircraft time
- 54,891 hours, 42,432 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3220 · Nose/Tail Landing Gear
- Part
- Spring
- Part number
- 329702786
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Nose Gear
- 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.