Service difficulty report · Steering Unit · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
August 25, 2010
Submitted
August 26, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N940QS
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500285
Aircraft time
1,746 hours, 1,078 cycles
Part
Steering Unit
Part number
99144559
Part serial
0144CSW
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Nose
Part time
226 hours, 142 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON DEPARTURE, NOSE GEAR DID NOT RETRACT. CYCLED GEAR-OPS NORMAL. GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY. TROUBLESHOT SYS AND FOUND NOSE STEERING UNIT NOT CTG WHEN NOSE GEAR RETRACTED. R & R NOSE WHEEL STEERING UNIT WITH A MODIFIED ONE. PERFORMED RIGGING PROCEDURES ON NOSE STEERING. BLED SYS BY PERFORMING SEVERAL SATISFACTORY GEAR SWINGS. SERVICED HYD, OPS CHECK GOOD. WORK PERFORMED IAW MM CH 32-50-00.

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