What was found
DURING PARKING, THE AIRCRAFT A LOUD NOISE CAME FROM THE NOSE GEAR. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR AXLE WAS CRACKED. REMOVED AND REPLACED NOSE LANDING GEAR SHOCK ABSORBER.
- Difficulty date
- December 6, 2003
- Submitted
- February 25, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N270AT
- Make and model
- Aerosp ATR72212
- Aircraft serial
- 270
- Aircraft time
- 22,672 hours, 25,817 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW124B
- System (JASC)
- 3220 · Nose/Tail Landing Gear
- Part
- Shock Absorber
- Part number
- D226981722
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Nlg
- Part time
- 16,910 hours
- Stage of operation
- TX
- 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.