Service difficulty report · Collar · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
July 19, 2017
Submitted
August 2, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N617FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48748
Aircraft time
68,972 hours, 16,837 cycles
Part
Collar
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg Steering
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING POSTFLIGHT, FOUND NOSE STRUT LOWER STEERING SUPPORT COLLAR ASSY BROKEN. REMOVAL OF NOSE STRUT LOWER LEG IN PROGRESS AS PER AMM 32-21-01-8 FROM CHAPTER 4 . INSTALLED IAW MM 32-21-01-8 FROM STEP 5.F.11. ALL TEST PASSED INCLUDING NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACTION TEST. A/C RECONFIGURED IAW MM 32-21-01-8.

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