A-01-032
NTSB Safety Recommendation — Aviation
Recommendation text
The NTSB recommends that the FAA: Require all operators of Fokker F.100 series airplanes equipped with the main landing gear (MLG) that are identified in Messier-Dowty Service Bulletin (SB) F100-32-100 Revision 1 to periodically conduct eddy current inspections of MLG cylinders for forging folds or fatigue cracks, as described in the most recent revision of Fokker Services SBF100-32-128, at the interval identified in response to Safety Recommendation A-01-31.
In plain language (FlightFinder summary)
The FAA must require operators of Fokker F.100 series airplanes with certain main landing gear to perform periodic eddy current inspections of the gear cylinders for forging folds or fatigue cracks, using the procedures from the latest revision of Fokker Services SBF100-32-128 and at the interval specified in response to Safety Recommendation A-01-31.
This plain-language summary is written by FlightFinder to explain the recommendation above. It is not the official wording — the verbatim NTSB text is quoted above.
Details
| Status | Closed - Acceptable Action |
|---|---|
| Mode | Aviation |
| Closed | May 17, 2002 |
| NTSB number | FTW01FA127 |
| Addressees | FAA |
External links
NTSB safety recommendations are advisory; addressees are not legally required to adopt them. Source: NTSB CAROL (public domain).