What was found
NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. TRUNNION PINS HAD FROZEN UP. TRUNNION PINS DO NOT HAVE ANY LUBRICATION GREASE ZERTS WHICH COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE NOSE GEAR TRUNNION FROM FREEZING UP.
- Difficulty date
- February 9, 2004
- Submitted
- February 27, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N25RZ
- Make and model
- Gulstm 690B
- Aircraft serial
- 11518
- Engine
- Garrtt TPE331*
- System (JASC)
- 3220 · Nose/Tail Landing Gear
- Part
- Trunnion Pin
- Condition
- Seized
- Location
- Nlg
- Part time
- 4,173 hours
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.