Service difficulty report · Strut · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
November 20, 2009
Submitted
November 23, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N323QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800134
Aircraft time
2,086 hours, 1,392 cycles
Part
Strut
Condition
Discharged
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER GEAR RETRACTION, NOSE GEAR BANGED UP AND DOWN FOR 15 TO 20 SECONDS. COULD BE FELT AND HEARD IN CABIN. GEAR CAME DOWN NORMAL. FOUND STRUT WOULD NOT EXTEND FULLY DUE TO PRESSURE LOSS IN LWR CHAMBER. DISASSEMBLY & REPACKED STRUT WITH NEW SEAL, NUT, PISTON, & SPACER. REASSEMBLED, INSTALLED & SERVICED NOSE STRUT. REF CMM 32-20-01 & MM 32-20-00. OPS CHECKS AND GEAR SWINGS SATIS.