What was found
NOSE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR CASTING FAILED AT ATTACH POINT
- Difficulty date
- December 7, 2018
- Submitted
- December 17, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N5544F
- Make and model
- Piper PA32R300
- Aircraft serial
- 32R7780014
- Aircraft time
- 2,324 hours
- Engine
- Lyc IO540K1A5D
- Engine time
- 5,874 hours
- Propeller
- Hartzl HCC2YK1
- System (JASC)
- 3233 · Landing Gear Actuator
- Part
- Casting
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Actuator
- Component
- Actuator · Garkenyon
- Component part number
- 35797002
- Stage of operation
- AP
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- J
- Precautionary procedure
- L, A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.