What was found
ON TAKE OFF, NOSE GEAR DID NOT RETRACT. HEARD RUMBLING NOISE. UNSAFE NOSE GEAR UP INDICATION. L/H STEERING ACTUATOR EYE END FOUND BROKEN. ACTUATOR REPLACED IAW MD11 MM 32-52-30-4. L/CHK C/OUT NIL LEAK FOUND.
- Difficulty date
- December 14, 2017
- Submitted
- December 22, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N578FE
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48458
- Aircraft time
- 71,519 hours, 19,445 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3250 · Landing Gear Steering System
- Part
- Actuator
- Part number
- ACG74405505
- Part serial
- FEC202
- Condition
- Sheared
- 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.