Service difficulty report · Packing · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
August 27, 2007
Submitted
September 5, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N987QS
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500087
Aircraft time
7,308 hours, 4,523 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007C
Part
Packing
Condition
Unknown
Location
Nlg Strut
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, UPON GEAR RETRACTION, THE 3 GREEN GEAR LIGHTS EXTINGUSHED AND HAD RED UNLOCK LIGHT ILLUMINATED ,TWENTY SECONDS LATER ,GREEN NOSE GEAR LIGHT ILLUMINATED , AIR SOUNDS DURING RETRACTION INDICATED NOSE GEAR NEVER RETRACTED. TROUBLESHOT TO NLG STRUT NOT EXTENDING FULLY. DISASSEMBLED, CLEANED, INSPECTED, AND REPACKED NOSE STRUT IAW MM 32-20-02. GEAR RETRACT AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS GOOD.

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