Service difficulty report · Retract Cyl · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
April 1, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N904TW
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49156
Part
Retract Cyl
Part number
39281375001
Condition
Worn
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

STL - FLT 714 - AFTER CHECK-C MAINTENANCE FLT 714 RETURNED TO STL DUE TO NOSE GEAR DOOR UNSAFE LIGHT ON WITH GEAR RETRACTED. FOUND LOWER BUNGEE BOLT FOR NOSE GEAR TOO LONG MFG NAS1106-23D. HIT STRUCTURE AT DOUBLER. INSTALLED SHORTER BOLT. AIRCRAFT OPERATED OUT OF STL ON FLT 10, BUT LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. RETURNED TO STL. FOUND GROUND BYPASS HANDLE OUT. REPLACED LATCH ON GROUND BYPASS HANDLE, THE NLG RETRACT CYL, AND THE RETRACT CYCL LOWER BUSHING. LATCH MFG H5000-2-125-218. BUSHING MFG S22103780H8-050. (M)

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