Service difficulty report · Actuator · Gulstm GIV

Difficulty date
December 1, 2009
Submitted
December 18, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N898AW
Make and model
Gulstm GIV
Aircraft serial
1283
Part
Actuator
Part number
1159H202601G
Part serial
551283GT
Condition
Failed
Location
Mlg
Part time
6,886 hours
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

WHILE UPON APPROACH, THE NLG FAILED TO EXTEND. AN EMERGENCY BLOW DOWN OF THE GEAR ALSO RESULTED IN THE FAILURE OF THE NLG TO EXTEND. A SECOND ATTEMPT OF EMERGENCY EXTENSION RESULTED IN ALL GEAR EXTENDING THE ACFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. LANDING GEAR WAS PINNED AND SAFETIED IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION AND FERRIED FOR TROUBLESHOOTING AND REPAIR. UPON ARRIVAL, TECHS JACKED ACFT AND PERFORMED SEVERAL NORMAL AND EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSIONS. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND ON EACH ATTEMPT. TECHS REMOVED THE NLG UP-LOCK ACTUATOR AND FOUND THAT THE END YOKE JAM NUT SECURING THE LOCK RING TAB TO THE PISTON HAD BACKED OFF ALLOWING THE UP-LOCK ACTUATOR PISTON TO ROTATE. THE PISTON ROTATION