Service difficulty report · Linkage · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
March 3, 2009
Submitted
March 4, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N930HA
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
126
Aircraft time
52,199 hours, 58,324 cycles
Part
Linkage
Part number
HA10482
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg Door
Part time
52,199 hours, 58,324 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, E
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 ON GEAR RETRACTION HAD RED NOSE GEAR LIGHT, AFTER APPROX 1 MIN ALL LIGHTS CLEARED FOLLOWED BY NOTICEABLE VIBRATION IN YOKE AND RUDDER. JACKED AND SWUNG GEAR REF MM 32-30-00. GEAR AND INDICATION ARE WORKING CORRECTLY. INSPECTED NOSE GEAR AREA, FOUND RIGHT AFT NOSE GEAR DOOR LINKAGE BROKEN. REMOVED AND REPLACED LINKAGE.