Service difficulty report · Wire · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
March 23, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N829EX
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
146
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

BWI-FLT 3616: UPON DESCENT, THE NLG FAILED TO INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED. DOWN AND LOCKED VERIFIED VIA THE ALTERNATE INDICATION. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND FOUND A BROKEN WIRE FOR THE NLG STAY STRUT SENSOR. WIRE WAS REPAIRED AND AN OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS SATISFACTORY. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.