Service difficulty report · Steering Unit · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
April 8, 2011
Submitted
January 27, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N914QS
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500296
Aircraft time
1,797 hours, 1,112 cycles
Part
Steering Unit
Part number
99144559
Part serial
0369
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Nlg
Part time
914 hours, 544 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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 NOSE GEAR DID NOT RETRACT AND THE RED UNLOCK LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. JACKED ACFT AND CYCLED NOSE GEAR, OPS CHECKED GOOD. LOWERED GEAR AND TURNED NOSE GEAR AND ATTEMPTED TO RETRACT. NOSE WOULD NOT CENTER OR RETRACT. VERIFIED NWS UNIT IS BAD IAW REP AT TEAM X. REMOVED AND INSTALLED O/H NWS UNIT IAW MM CH 32-50-00. C/W HYD SYS BLEED AND NOSE WHEEL STEERING RIGG CHECK IAW MM 32-50-00. GEAR SWING CHECKS GOOD AND TAXI CHECK GOOD.

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