Service difficulty report · Strut · Amd FALCON2000

Difficulty date
January 18, 2014
Submitted
February 3, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N222QS
Make and model
Amd FALCON2000
Aircraft serial
122
Aircraft time
10,683 hours, 6,873 cycles
Part
Strut
Condition
Discharged
Location
Nlg
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

DURING GEAR RETRACTION, ONLY THE NOSE GEAR WAS INDICATING TO BE UP. BOTH MAIN GEARS INDICATED DOWN & LOCKED. ALL THREE GEAR DOORS INDICATED TO BE OPEN. LOWERED GEAR HANDLE & ENDED UP WITH 3 GREEN, NO RED LIGHTS. LANDING WAS NORMAL. CHECKED MLG GEAR DOOR, NOSE GEAR SQUAT SWITCH, MLG DOOR LOCK, NOSE DOOR PROXIMITY SWITCHES, WHILE THE PROXIMITY SWITCHES WERE COLD SOAKED, ALL SWITCHES TESTED SATISFACTORY. JACKED ACFT & FOUND THAT NOSE GEAR CENTERING COULD BE OVER COME EASY, FOUND NOSE STRUT UNDER SERVICED, SERVICED NOSE STRUT IAW MM 32-21-01-610-802. PREFORMED 15 SATISFACTORY GEAR SWINGS WITH ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL.