Service difficulty report · Bellcrank · Dhav DHC8311

Difficulty date
October 18, 2012
Submitted
October 22, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N876CA
Make and model
Dhav DHC8311
Aircraft serial
438
Aircraft time
31,840 hours, 34,900 cycles
Part
Bellcrank
Part number
83232013103
Condition
Broken
Location
Mlg Doors
Stage of operation
AP
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

DURING APPROACH, WHEN THE THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED, RECEIVED A WARNING INDICATION THAT THE NLG DOORS FAILED TO CLOSE. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND WAS ABLE TO LAND SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. GROUND MX FOUND THE NLG DOOR BELLCRANK BROKEN. MX R & R THE BROKEN BELLCRANK. AN OPS CHECK PRODUCED SATISFACTORY RESULTS AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.