What was found
UPON GEAR RETRACTION NOSE GEAR INDICATED UNSAFE. APPEARED GND PROX SWITCH NOT ACTUATED. LOWERED GEAR, ALL GEARS INDICATED GREEN. FOUND NLG STRUT FLAT DUE TO LEAKING SCHRADER VLV. REPLACED VLV, SVCD STRUT, NO LEAKS FOUND.
- Difficulty date
- May 2, 1997
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N928DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49715
- System (JASC)
- 3222 · Nose/Tail Landing Gear Strut/Axle
- Part
- Schrader Valve
- Part number
- MS288892
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Nlg Strut
- Component
- MS288892
- Stage of operation
- CL
- Nature of condition
- J, K
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.