Service difficulty report · Torque Link · Cndair CL6002C10

Difficulty date
July 20, 2022
Submitted
July 21, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N505AE
Make and model
Cndair CL6002C10
Aircraft serial
10053
Aircraft time
45,338 hours, 34,533 cycles
Part
Torque Link
Part number
U521155L521175
Condition
Disconnected
Location
700
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

WE WERE NOTIFIED BY FUSION/DIVERSION TRACKER THAT FLIGHT 5062 WAS RETURNING TO RTF. OUR DISPATCHER ACARSD THE CREW AND THEY TOLD US THEY WERE RTF DUE TO AN INPUT GEAR RETRACTION ISSUE. ATC DID END UP DECLARING AN EMERGENCY FOR THE A/C AS THE CREW ASKED IF THEY COULD STOP ON THE RWY. THE A/C DID LAND SAFELY BACK IN CAK. EMS (FIRE) DID RESPOND ON THE RWY. WHEN THE CREW CALLED THEY INDICATED THAT THEY HAD A LOT OF NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY ON LANDING AND THAT WHEN THEY WENT TO RETRACT THE GEAR AFTER T/O THE HANDLE WOULD NOT MOVE AND THEN THEY RECEIVED SEVERAL INDICATORS. THE CREW THOUGHT THEY SAW SMOKE BUT EMS CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS NO SMOKE. THE CREW DID NOT BRACE THE CABIN FOR LANDING. THE A/C DID NOT LAND OVERWEIGHT. UPON AC LANDING, INSP NLG AND FOUND NLG TQ LINKS DISCONNECTED. C/W EXTERNAL ZONAL INSP OF NLG IAW CRJ 700 AMM 32-20-00-210-801 & 05-21-00-210-8021. REMOVED AND REPLACED UPPER AND LOWER NLG TORQUE LINK IAW AMM 32-21-16-000/400-801. PERFORMED 3 SUCCESSFUL GEAR SWINGS IAW CRJ700 AMM 32-30-00-710-801. OPS CHECK GOOD. UPPER TORQUE LINK PN 52115-5 SN CPS050661 LOWER TORQUE LINK PN 52117-5 SN CPS050371"