Service difficulty report · Bearing · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
May 30, 2013
Submitted
June 4, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N313QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800140
Aircraft time
5,363 hours, 3,491 cycles
Part
Bearing
Condition
Dirty
Location
Nlg Wheel
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

NOSE GEAR MADE LOUD BANGING NOISE UPON GEAR RETRACTION, SHOOK GLARE SHIELD. NOSE STRUT WITHIN LIMITS RETRACTION GUIDES SEEM TO ALIGNED CORRECTLY. CYCLED GEAR, UNABLE TO DUPLICATE. CHECKED SERVICE OF NOSE STRUT FOUND LOWER CHAMBER TO BE LOWER AT 15 PSI. FOUND LT NOSE WHEEL TO EXCESSIVELY SPIN POSSIBLE CAUSING NOISE AFTER GEAR RETRACTION. REMOVED LT NLG WHEEL, CLEANED BEARINGS. PACKED BEARINGS AND INSTALLED NLG WHEEL ASSY WITH NEW GREASE SEALS REF MM 32-41-10. SERVICED NLG STRUT FLUID AND GAS CHARGE IAW MM 32-20-00, REV 19. NLG CLEARANCE CHECKED GOOD. SERVICE RESEVIOR AND LOWERED ACFT FROM JACKS.