Service difficulty report · Fork · Cessna 402B

Difficulty date
December 10, 2006
Submitted
July 25, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N767EA
Make and model
Cessna 402B
Aircraft serial
402B1244
Engine
Cont TSIO520EB
Part
Fork
Part number
50452112
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
LD
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

UPON LANDING AT AIRPORT, NOSE LANDING GEAR ILLUMINATION LIGHTS DID NOT SHOW THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. MAIN LANDING GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED WITH A GREEN LIGHT INDICATION. TOWER CONFIRMED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED, APPEARED TO BE STUCK HALF WAY DOWN. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO NORTH AIRPORT. AFTER CONFIRMATION BY GROUND CREW THAT NOSE GEAR WAS NOT SECURED DOWN. AIRCRAFT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT THE NORTH AIRPORT. WHEN MAIN GEAR CONTACTED THE RUNWAY IT JARRED THE NOSE GEAR TO THE FULLY DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION, AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO MAKE A SAFE LANDING. UPON INSPECTION IN THE SCENIC MAINTENANCE HANGAR IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE NOSE GEAR EXTEND AND

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