Service difficulty report · Strut · Doug DC933F

Difficulty date
January 27, 2016
Submitted
January 29, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N930CE
Make and model
Doug DC933F
Aircraft serial
47363
Aircraft time
67,325 hours, 44,004 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D9A
Part
Strut
Condition
Low Pressure
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
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 COULD NOT RETRACT GEAR, HANDLE WOULD NOT MOVE TO UP POSITION. THE CAUSE WAS THE NLG STRUT WAS LOW ON PRESS.

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