JASC 3230
Service difficulty reports · 11,179
Reports filed under 3230 · Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System, newest first.
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SDR IU62004F00000Housing · crackedHOUSING CRACKED. DESIGN DEFECT, HIGH TIME/ CYCLES. REDESIGN FOR LONGER LIFE. (MECHANIC FXS, JOB NR 182661)SDR RAIA00312309Landing Gear · malfunctionedJLN- NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED RETRACTION CHECK AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE CONDITION.SDR 2003F00640Limit Switch · stuckFOLLOWING DEPARTURE, THE PILOT SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR UP POSITION. THE GEAR IN TRANSIT LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE GEAR RETRACTED AS NORMAL UNTIL IT REACHED THE FULL UP POSITION. THE PILOT HEARD THE GEAR MOTOR PULL HARD AND THEN THE GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKERSDR AUS20031257Arm · broken(AUS) LT MAIN LANDING GEAR RETRACTION ARM BROKEN. ASSOCIATED FORK AND ROD END BENT. DAMAGE ALSO TO DOWNLOCK HOOK AND ROD END ASSEMBLY. SUSPECT DOWNLOCK HOOK FAILED TO DISENGAGE.SDR RAIA00312304Control Unit · malfunctionedSTL- AIR-GROUND FAIL MESSAGE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED LANDING GEAR ELECTRONIC UNIT.SDR DHL2003754019Switch · dirtyAFTER T/O GEAR HANDLE WOULD NOT RAISE ABOVE OFF POSITION. ABNORMAL PROCEDURE, LANDING GEAR LEVER WILL NOT GO UP PAST OFF. COMPLIED WITH RETURNED TO EWR FOR UNEVENTFUL LANDING. FOUND MAIN SAFETY SWITCH DIRTY AND CAKED WITH RESIDUE. CLEANED SAME, OPS CHECKED GSDR MASA200300472Valve · leakingDURING APPROACH TO PHX, THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT EXTEND NORMALLY. CREW FOLLOWED CFM AND EXTENDED GEAR WITH ALTERNATE RELEASE.SDR CA031205015Uplock · frozen(CAN) LANDING GEAR UPLOCK FROZEN. WOULD NOT RELEASE TO LOWER GEAR. A MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION WAS COMPLETED. AIRCRAFT GEAR INSPECTED AND RE-LUBRICATED. FLIGHTS SINCE THEN HAVE BEEN SATISFACTORY.SDR TSAA0332193Control Cable · out of adjustAFTER TAEKOFF, DURING CLIM THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL LEVER WOULD NOT MOVE UP AND SIMULTANEOUSLY THE TAKEOFF WARNING HORN SOUNDED WHEN THE FLAPS WERE RETRACTED. PERFORMED GROUND SPOILER INTERLOCK VALVE CONTROL CABLE ADJUSTMENT AND TEST IAW MM 27-62-51. AIRCRAFSDR QXEA200301510Pseu · malfunctionedDURING CLIMBOUT THROUGH 9000 FT NOSE GEAR CYCLED DOWN AND UP. ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. GEAR INDICATIONS WERE UP AND LOCKED AS NORMAL PRIOR TO THE GEAR CYCLING. GEAR CAME DOWN AND LOCKED WITH THREE GREEN ON THE PANEL AND FLOOR. REMOVED AND REPLACED PSEUSDR PCAA031436Sequence Valve · failedFLIGHT 3691, ON APPROACH TO SYR, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND NORMALLY. AFTER ATTEMPTING FLIGHT MANEUVERS TO EXTEND THE GEAR, THE ALTERNATE EXTENSION SYSTEM WAS USED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED AN INOPERATIVE NOSE DOOR SEQUSDR MASA200300468Selector Valve · unserviceableASH 6146 LAS-SBA, DIVERTED TO LAX FOR A NOSE GEAR THAT WOULD NOT EXTEND. CREW TRIED TO CYCLE GEAR TWICE WITH THE SAME RESULT BEFORE DIVERTING TO LAX. ON APPROACH INTO LAX THE CREW CYCLED GEAR AGAIN AND THE GEAR EXTENDED WITHOUT FAULT. A/C FERRIED TO PHX FORSDR DXTA200300174Control Module · failedUPON DESCENT INTO SMO CREW OBSERVED THE GEAR UNLOCK LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND A DISTINCTIVE SOUND FROM NOSE GEAR AREA. THIS OCCURRED AT FL 26, FL 20 AND FL 11.5. REMOVED AND REPLACED INOP LANDING GEAR CONTROL MANIFOLD. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL AND LEAK CHECK IAW CESDR 11252003Bracket · crackedNLG COLLAPSED ON LANDING, AFT END OF NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR ATTACHES TO BRACKET. THIS IS RIVETED THRU FIREWALL TO NOSE GEAR MOUNT FITTING. RIVETS WORKED FROM FORWARD/AFT PUSHING MOTION OF NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR, ELONGATING, THEN SHEARING OFF RIVETS. ACTUATOR WENT TO SDR RAIA00311289Landing Gear · malfunctioned5253-PIT- LANDING GEAR WILL NOT RETRACT. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED NUMEROUS LANDING GEAR RETRACTION CYCLES. NO DEFECTS NOTED.SDR AALA20031304Rod · brokenORD T1755/20 EN ROUTE ORD-MSP UNABLE TO RAISE NOSE GEAR. RETURNED ORD AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED ADJUSTABLE ROD FOR NOSE GEAR SELECTOR VALVE. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.SDR 2003FA0001260Clutch Spring · brokenIN FLIGHT, 178.3 HOURS SINCE COMPLIANCE WITH MFG SB AND MANDATORY REPLACEMENT OF NO BACK CLUTCH SPRING WITH NEW. BOTH TANG ENDS BROKE OFF OF SPRING INSIDE OF LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR WHEN GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN FOR LANDING. ONE BROKEN TANG APPARENTLY JAMMED BETSDR TRK2003F00000Sequence Valve · leakingOWNER NOTICE HYDRAULIC FLUID ON GROUND BY NOSE WHEEL. INSPECTION FOUND NOSE GEAR SEQUENCE VALVE TO BE LEAKING FROM SHAFT. OWNER STATED THAT THIS VALVE HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE BEFORE. THREE FAILURES OF SAME PN IN 117 HOURS WOULD INDICATE FAULTY DESIGN OR INESDR FFK2004F00002O-Ring · failedINSTALLED RETRACT MECHANISM. AFTER 38 HOURS ALL OIL LEAKED OUT, DETERMINED THERE WAS A BAD O-RING REMOVED FOR WARRANTY REPAIR. REINSTALLED SAME RETRACT MECHANISM. AFTER 44 HOURS, BELLCRANK AND DOWN LIMIT ARM GOT BENT (UNKNOWN HOW THIS HAPPENED), WITH ARM BESDR 2004FA0000027Motor · failedLANDING GEAR ELECTRIC MOTOR FAILED INFLIGHT PILOT HAD TO MANUALLY EXTEND GEAR. INSTALLED NEW MOTOR. OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR 2003FA0001165Trunnion · brokenON LANDING, THE RT LANDING GEAR DOWN LIGHT FLICKERED. THE CREW OPTED TO SHUT DOWN ONCE OFF THE RUNWAY AND MAKE A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR. THEY NOTICED THAT THE RMG WAS AT AN ODD ANGLE AND CALLED MAINTENANCE. THE MAINTENANCE CREW FOUND THAT THE AFSDR C2XA03BT108Control Unit · faultyEWR---CO2255, CREW REPORTED LANDING GEAR AIR/GROUND FAILURE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED LGEU IAW EMB145 MM 32-32-01. OPS CHECKED GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR 03FDEA01918Fuse · trippedLANDING GEAR HANDLE WOULD NOT MOVE TO LANDING GEAR POSITION. RAN RED TABS AND THAT (DEPRESS THE HANDLE RELEASE BUTTON & RAISE - ENSURE NOSE GEAR STEER CENTERED) DID NOT HELP. RETURNED FOR NORMAL LANDING. FOUND THE MAIN GEAR TRIM INTERLOCK FUSE HAD TRIPPED ISDR CA031118012Uplock · failed(CAN) CREW HAD TO CYCLE THE GEAR HANDLE TWICE TO GET THE NOSE GEAR TO COME DOWN. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE UPLOCK ASSY. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR AUS20031189Line · failed(AUS) LT MAIN LANDING GEAR UP LINE FAILED. LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID.SDR F3LA200300153Control Unit · inoperativeEN ROUTE TO DEN, ECAM STATUS SHOWED FOLLOWING MESSAGE: INOP SYS: ANTI SKID, N/W STRG/ BRK SYS 1, BRK SYS 2. N/W STEERING SWITCH WAS ON. FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND AIRCRAFT LANDED IN DEN WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT HAD NO N/W SHEERING AND NO SYS SDR DXTA200300160Landing Gear · malfunctionedON APPROACH AFTER GEAR EXTENDED, GOT THREE GREEN AND THEN RED UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. BLEW GEAR DOWN BY PNEUMATIC BOTTLE. ITEM IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.SDR 2003FA0001287Housing · corrodedBORE IS PITTED CAUSING LEAKAGE. MOISTURE ALLOWED THRU VENT CORRODED UPPPER BORE WEAKING THE MATERIAL. NEED TO IMPROVE DESIGN TO PREVENT MOISTURE FROM REACHING BORE. (FXS NR 181814)SDR 2003FA0001286Housing · corrodedBORE IS PITTED CAUSING LEAKAGE. MOISTURE ALLOWED THRU VENT CORRODED UPPER BORE WEAKING THE MATERIAL. NEED TO IMPROVE DESIGN TO PREVENT MOISTURE FROM REACHING BORE. (FXS NR 182014)SDR 2003FA0001285Housing · corrodedBORE IS PITTED CAUSING LEAKAGE. MOISTURE ALLOWED THRU VENT, CORRODED UPPER BORE WEAKENING THE MATERIAL. NEED TO IMPROVE DESIGN TO PREVENT MOISTURE FROM REACHING BORE. (FXS NR 182014)SDR 2003FA0001284Housing · crackedBODY IS CRACKED. MATERIAL IN THIS AREA IS WEAK. NEED TO IMPROVE DESIGN TO ADD MORE MATERIAL TO THIS AREA. (FXS NR 181999).SDR 2003FA0001283Housing · crackedBODY IS CRACKED. MATERIAL IN THIS AREA IS WEAK. IMPROVE DESIGN TO ADD MORE MATERIAL TO THIS AREA. (FXS NR 181999)SDR ABXA030438Latch · wornRED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT AND LEFT GEAR DOOR NOT LATCHED LIGHT CAME ON. BOTH LIGHTS WENT OUT AFTER PERFORMING ALTERNATE UPLATCH CHECK ABNORMAL, THRU FLAP EXTENSION. GEAR CYCLED. CHECKED GEAR DOOR LATCH MECHANISM, CHECKED TARGET, CLEANED AND LUBED SWITCH AND CYCSDR CA031109001Spring · failed(CAN) UPON DEPARTURE FROM THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO LOCK UP. AFTER SELECTING GEAR HANDLE TO NEUTRAL POSITION THE NOSE GEAR FELL OUT OF THE NOSE WHEEL WELL. SEVERAL SUBSEQUENT GEAR UP SELECTIONS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED AND MADE AN UNEVESDR 03FDEA01884Damper · lowLANDING GEAR LEVER WOULD NOT RETRACT ON SYS 2 SWITCHED TO SYS 1, STILL WOULD NOT RETRACT. THREE GREEN DOWN WITH 3 RED UNLK. FOUND RIGHT SIDE PITCH DAMPER INDICATION, RESET PIN & RESERVICED PITCH DAMPER WITH NITROGEN TO 1700 PSI. FOUND THE SYSTEM AT 1000 PSDR 03FDEA01883Damper · malfunctionedREPEAT WRITE-UP, GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. AFTER BLOCK IN, LOOKED AT GEAR TRIM CYLINDERS AGAIN AND THE RIGHT GEAR TRIM CYLINDER WAS POPPED AGAIN. PARTS ORDERED, ADDED MPN D22127000-5 CPN 3212339 QTY 1 DAMPER MSN 862119. REMOVED AND REPLACED RIGHT MLG BOGIE SDR DXTA200300155Strut · malfunctionedGEAR UNLOCK INDICATOR REMAINED ON AFTER GEAR RETRACTION. TROUBLESHOT TO NOSE GEAR NOT GETTING ON THE UPLOCK STRUT WAS NOT FULLY EXTENDED. PERFORMED A COMPLETE SERVICING OF STRUT IT IS NOW FULLY EXTENDED AND THE GEAR OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS GOOD. ALL WORK PERFORSDR 2004FA0000145Leg Assy · crackedA CRACK HAD FORMED, PREVIOUS TO INCIDENT, AROUND THE BUSHING BOSS ON THE INBOARD END OF THE MOUNT PORTION OF THE UPPER MAIN GEAR LEG. THE RESULT WAS THAT THE MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED IN THE OUTBOARD DIRECTION WHILE TURNING AIRCRAFT AROUND AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY.SDR CALA0300623Fitting · brokenWHEN GEAR HANDLE WAS RAISED AFTER TAKEOFF FROM MSY THE LT MLG DID NOT RETRACT. THE FORWARD PANEL RED AND GREEN LT GEAR LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE OVERHEAD PANEL SHOWED GREEN LT GEAR LIGHT ON. THE GEAR WAS CYCLED WITH THE SAME RESULT. GEAR DOWN INDICATIONSDR ASOA03562Pseu · failedDURING CLIMB-OUT, AFTER SELECTING THE LANDING GEAR UP, THE CREW RECEIVED A GEAR DISAGREE WARNING AND ASSOCIATED ENGINE INDICATION AND CREW ALERT SYSTEM MESSAGES. THE NOSE GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT BUT THE GEARS WERE CONFIRMED AS BEING DOWN BY THE TOWER. THE CRESDR AT0300034Bungee Cylinder · malfunctionedNOSE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. FOUND NOSE STRUT LOW ON SERVICE. REMOVED AND REPLACED NOSE GEAR BUNGEE CYLINDER AND SERVICED NOSE STRUT. PERFORMED GEAR SWING AND ALL CHECKED GOOD.SDR SWAA032408Circuit Card · faultyAIR TURNBACK, LT MLG UNSAFE LIGHT WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH, CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR AND LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. REMOVED AND REPLACED M988 LOGIC CARD AND LEFT MLG UPLOCK SWITCH PER MM.SDR AT0300033Cylinder · malfunctionedNOSE WHEEL WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF IN ATLANTA. REMOVED AND REPLACED NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACT CYLINDER PER B717 AMM 32-35-01, NO LEAKS AT THIS TIME.SDR CA031110004Hose · leaking(CAN) UPON DESCENT, CREW SELECTED GEAR DOWN. RT GEAR INDICATED ONLY (IN TRANSIT). CREW DID A FLY BY AND TOWER CONFIRMED THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. THE CREW CLIMBED OUT, SELECTED THE EMERGENCY GEAR SYSTEM, AND THE GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY. THEY DID ANOTHER FLSDR CA031028003Pinion Gear · cracked(CAN) DURING GEAR SWING LT HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS SHUTTERING ON RETRACTION. REMOVED ACTUATOR AND REPLACED WITH OVERHAULED PART.TOOK ACTUATOR TO OVER HAUL FACILITY AND DISASSEMBLED AND DISCOVERED DEFECT.SDR SWIA200312547Plunger · damagedDURING GEAR RETRACTION, LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. CYCLED LANDING GEAR 6-7 TIMES WITH SAME RESULT. RETURNED TO AIRPORT WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEM. REPLACED LEFT OUTBOARD MLG DOOR BEARING AND ADJUSTED LEFT OUTBOARD SEQUENCE VALVE PLUNGER IAW MM 3SDR MALA030483Control Unit · malfunctionedDURING FLIGHT 3328, THE LT MLG GREEN LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATED WHEN THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED FOR LANDING. PUT GEAR DOWN AND LEFT MAIN GREEN LIGHT DIDN'T COME ON, BUT TRANSIT LIGHT WAS OUT. CREW WENT AROUND AND TRIED AGAIN, AND AGAIN. LEFT MAIN GEAR LIGHT DID NSDR SWIA200312528Roller · lack of lubeLEFT MLG WOULD NOT COME DOWN WHEN THE GEAR LEVER WAS SELECTED DOWN. USED THE MANUAL GEAR RELEASE PER QRH. CLEANED AND LUBED ROLLER AS REQUIRED. ALL OPS CHECKS GOOD.SDR COEA0303742Linkage · brokenAFTER TAEKOFF, THE NOSE WHEEL FAILED TO UNLOCK FOR RETRACTION. CREW ELECTED TO RETURN TO RAP, NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND EYE END BROKEN THAT CONNECTS TO GEAR UNLOCK LATCH. REMOVED AND REPLACED EYE END. A/SDR 55495Landing Gear · malfunctionedLANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF. ACFT RETURNED TO FIELD AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK OF LANDING GEAR, OP CHECKED GOOD.
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