What was found
AIRCRAFT SUFFERED AN IN-FLIGHT NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILURE, LEADING TO A NLG COLLAPSE ON LANDING. INVESTIGATION FOUND THE PLUNGER ASSEMBLY HAD SEPARATED DURING RETRACTION.
- Difficulty date
- April 9, 2018
- Submitted
- November 5, 2018
- Operation
- General aviation
- Make and model
- Beech T34C
- System (JASC)
- 3222 · Nose/Tail Landing Gear Strut/Axle
- Part
- Plunger
- Part number
- 358250944
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Nlg Assy
- Part time
- 4,983 cycles
- Stage of operation
- LD
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- D
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.