Service difficulty report · Strut · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
October 1, 2009
Submitted
October 8, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N70AE
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
45227
Aircraft time
2,131 hours, 2,137 cycles
Part
Strut
Part number
4532201000V12605
Part serial
079
Condition
Discharged
Location
Nlg
Part time
2,131 hours
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

UPON CLIMB OUT, "NWS FAIL" CAS MESSAGE ILLUMINATED AND GEAR DID NOT RETRACT PROPERLY, GEAR DOORS DID NOT CLOSE. CREW PUT GEAR HANDLED DOWN NOTING AN ABNORMAL NOISE FROM NOSE GEAR WELL. EXTENSION COMPLETED NORMAL, CREW FLEW BY TOWER FOR CONFIRMATION THAT NOSE WHEEL WAS STRAIGHT AND FOLLOWED CHECKLIST FOR NWS FAIL MESSAGE. MX INSPECTED AND FOUND THE STRUT WAS DEPRESSURIZED. GEAR RETRACTION CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: NOSE GEAR DOOR, DOOR STRUT, LOWER LEG UP LOCK, SQUAT SWITCH ROD AND THE NOSE GEAR PISTON. REPLACED THE DAMAGED COMPONENTS WITH NEW AND REBUILT STRUT USING NEW SEALS. MONITORED STRUT FOR 24 HOURS, ACCOMPLISHED GEAR SWINGS AND HIGH SPEED TAXI AS WELL AS MX CHECK FLIGHT, ALL WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED. THE ONLY ANOMALY FOUND WAS A WEAR MARK IN THE LOWER PISTON.