What was found
FLIGHT 9300, DURING APPROACH, LANDING GEAR EXTENSION NOSE WHEEL DELAYS 4-5 SECONDS AFTER MAINS ARE DOWN AND LOCKED. REPLACED NOSE GEAR SPRING CARTRIDGE. OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL.
- Difficulty date
- April 21, 2008
- Submitted
- April 24, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N285AS
- Make and model
- Emb EMB120ER
- Aircraft serial
- 120265
- Aircraft time
- 32,071 hours, 32,274 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW118
- System (JASC)
- 3220 · Nose/Tail Landing Gear
- Part
- Spring
- Part number
- 2052000002
- Condition
- Defective
- Location
- Nlg
- Stage of operation
- AP
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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