Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
November 30, 2015
Submitted
November 30, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N410NV
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49965
Aircraft time
55,525 hours, 31,675 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nose
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
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

AFTER TAKEOFF WITH LANDING GEAR HANDLE UP, THE RED NOSE GEAR UNSAFE STAYED ALLUMINATED. THE GROUND SHIFT CONTROL ALSO FAILED DURING THIS TIME. COMPLIED WITH QRH 32.9 AFTER GEAR WAS CYCLED DOWN AND BACK UP, NORMAL INDICATIONS ON ALL 3 GEAR LIGHTS. AT HIGH SPEED ON TAKEOFF NOTICED AN UP NORMAL NOSE SHIMMY. DRAINED FLUID AND SERVICED HYD FLUID AND NITROGEN CHARGE IAW AMM 32-21-03-0, PARA 4A ACCOMPLISHED GEAR SWING NO DEFECTS NOTED IAW AMM 32-30-00-20.

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