Service difficulty report · Link · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
July 20, 2004
Submitted
July 22, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N823BX
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
46064
Aircraft time
86,413 hours, 35,416 cycles
Engine
Ge CFM56*
Part
Link
Part number
510361A
Part serial
35
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg
Part time
86,413 hours, 35,416 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING TAKE OFF, ON GEAR RETRACTION, CREW HEARD NOISE AND VIBRATION IN NOSE GEAR AREA UNTIL GEAR WAS LOWERED. CREW CYCLED GEAR, RETURNED AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AN INSPECTION IS ONGOING. AS SOON AS INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE IT WILL BE PROVIDED. MAINTENANCE JACKED AIRCRAFT, RETRACTED NLG AND FOUND NGL DOOR TIGHT AND POPPING OPEN. THE FORWARD NLG DOOR LINK ASSEMBLY WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW ALL APPLICABLE MANUALS.

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