Service difficulty report · Actuator · Emb EMB120ER

Difficulty date
December 19, 2008
Submitted
December 22, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N293UX
Make and model
Emb EMB120ER
Aircraft serial
120293
Aircraft time
25,173 hours, 26,917 cycles
Part
Actuator
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PILOTS REPORTED THAT THE NLG WAS SHOWING (2) RED, WHEN EXTENDING NORMALLY, THEY PERFORMED THE CHECKLIST FOR ELECTRICAL OVERRIDE AND IT DID NOT WORK. THEY THEN RAN THE CHECKLIST FOR GEAR EXTENSION BY FREEFALL. THIS STILL DID NOT WORK. THE WHOLE TIME (2) RED NO GREEN FOR NLG. IT THEN SHOWED 6 GREEN WHEN NLG TOUCHED. MX ADJUSTED NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR IAW EMB-120MM 32-32-11. PERFORMED 30 GEAR EXTENSIONS AND RETRACTIONS WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. OPS CHECK WAS GOOD. RII INSP COMPLIED WITH OF THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR ADJUSTMENT IAW TASKCARD 4.3.7. OPS CHECK FLIGHT WAS SATISFACTORY.

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