Service difficulty report · Rod End Bearing · Gulstm G159

Difficulty date
February 23, 2011
Submitted
February 25, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N195PA
Make and model
Gulstm G159
Aircraft serial
088
Aircraft time
29,899 hours, 33,566 cycles
Part
Rod End Bearing
Part number
0170106
Part serial
NSN
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg Door
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

AFTER TAKEOFF AND GEAR WAS RETRACTED A VERY LOUD VIBRATION WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE NOSE GEAR WHEEL WELL AREA,THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED. WHEN GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN,THE GEAR DID NOT COME DOWN THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE WAS ZERO,COMPLIED WITH EMERGENCY GEAR LOWERING PROCEDURES AND ALL GEAR CAME DOWN, LANDED WITH OUT INCIDENT. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED A BROKEN NOSE GEAR DOOR LINKAGE ROD END BEARING AND A CRACKED HYDRAULIC LINE