What was found
EXCESSIVE AIR NOISE COMING FROM NOSE GEAR AREA AFTER DEPART. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO LGA. FOUND RT UPPER LOCK LINK SPRING BROKEN. DAMAGED RT NOSE GEAR DOOR.
- Difficulty date
- December 14, 1996
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N998DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53370
- System (JASC)
- 3231 · Landing Gear Door Retract Section
- Part
- Spring
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Rt Nlg Door
- Component
- 4951635501
- Stage of operation
- TO
- Nature of condition
- E
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.