Service difficulty report · Tie Rod · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
June 8, 2012
Submitted
June 11, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N588FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48490
Aircraft time
67,455 hours, 13,230 cycles
Part
Tie Rod
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

ON GEAR RETRACTION AFTER T/O, THE ACFT HAD SEVERE VIBRATION. VIBRATION DIMINISHED AFTER ACFT WAS SLOWED AND GEAR EXTENDED. LANDING WAS NORMAL. NO FUEL DUMP. NO UNSAFE GEAR INDICATIONS. FOUND RT NLG DOOR TIE ROD END BROKE, REMOVED, REPLACED AND ADJUSTED RT NLG DOOR DRIVE LINK ASSY IAW MM 32-23-03-4. OPS CHECKED GOOD IAW MM 32-36-01-4.

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