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Captain of air carrier medium large transport aircraft returned to the gate for suspected aircraft nose wheel strut problem.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 224838 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199210 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pit |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 110 flight time total : 12300 flight time type : 2700 |
| ASRS Report | 224838 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 224840 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Nose strut leaked down at the gate in pit. Maintenance svced strut and signed logbook. We made a normal taxi out for takeoff. Turning onto the runway the nose gear seemed to feel abnormal. I exited the runway and returned to the ramp as a precaution. Maintenance visually rechked the nose strut. We returned to the runway for a normal takeoff.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF ACR MLG ACFT RETURNED TO THE GATE FOR SUSPECTED ACFT NOSE WHEEL STRUT PROBLEM.
Narrative: NOSE STRUT LEAKED DOWN AT THE GATE IN PIT. MAINT SVCED STRUT AND SIGNED LOGBOOK. WE MADE A NORMAL TAXI OUT FOR TKOF. TURNING ONTO THE RWY THE NOSE GEAR SEEMED TO FEEL ABNORMAL. I EXITED THE RWY AND RETURNED TO THE RAMP AS A PRECAUTION. MAINT VISUALLY RECHKED THE NOSE STRUT. WE RETURNED TO THE RWY FOR A NORMAL TKOF.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.