What was found
NOSE GEAR DOOR RED ILLUMINATED UPON GEAR RETRACTION, NOSE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT. SERVICED NOSE GEAR PER MM. FOUND AIR VLV MISSING O-RING. REPLACED SAME, LEAK CHECKS GOOD.
- Difficulty date
- July 15, 2009
- Submitted
- July 23, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N929DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49716
- Aircraft time
- 55,693 hours, 42,890 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4060
- System (JASC)
- 3222 · Nose/Tail Landing Gear Strut/Axle
- Part
- O-Ring
- Condition
- Missing
- 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.