Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Doug DC1030F

Difficulty date
March 14, 2009
Submitted
March 18, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N308FE
Make and model
Doug DC1030F
Aircraft serial
48297
Aircraft time
55,593 hours, 17,376 cycles
Part
Cylinder
Part number
ACG74025507
Part serial
28
Condition
Failed
Location
Nlg Steering
Part time
15,389 hours, 5,237 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

HEARD THUMP FOLLOWED BY HYD QTY LOW THEN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY LVL FAIL ALERT JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, FOUND LT NWS STEERING ACT HOUSING SHEARED. REPLACED LT NWS STEERING ACT REF AMM 32-52-01-2, OPS CK OK. LEAK CK OK. ALSO INSP NWS STEERING COLLAR AREA AND RT NWS ACT NO DAMAGE FOUND.

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