Service difficulty report · Bungee Cylinder · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
December 19, 2008
Submitted
December 22, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N932RD
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49233
Aircraft time
51,753 hours, 32,999 cycles
Part
Bungee Cylinder
Part number
59516395001
Part serial
EFS40809
Condition
Defective
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

DURING LANDING NLG FAILED TO EXTEND CHECKED TILLER ALIGNMENT MLG INDICATION WAS GREEN NLG INDICATION RED NLG PEDESTAL PIN WAS FLUSH. REACCOMPLISHED GEAR EXTENSION NLG INDICATED SAFE. AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO HAMILTON IN TUS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING. JACKED FWD NOSE SECTION AND TROUBLESHOT FOUND DEFECTIVE BUNGEE CYLINDER, REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW MD-80 MM 32-32-07. ACCOMPLISHED RETRACTION TEST SEVERAL CYCLES NLG EXTENDS AND RETRACTS NORMALLY WITHOUT BINDING ALL LIGHT INDICATIONS NORMAL. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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