JASC 3230
Service difficulty reports · 11,181
Reports filed under 3230 · Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System, newest first.
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SDR AALA950354Damper · defectiveSDQ - FLT NR 1454 - AFTER TAKEOFF SDQ WHEN LANDING GEAR HANDLE RAISED, ECAM DISPLAYED MESSAGE INDICATING LANDING GEAR RETRACTION FAULT. PLACED LANDING GEAR HANDLE DOWN AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SDQ, LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR PITSDR 95ZZZX1207Rod Assy · failedBRACE ROD ASSEMBLY ON RIGHT GEAR MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING GEAR COLLAPSE ON LANDING.SDR 95ZZZW205Pin · no installedMIA - AFTER TAKEOFF, THE NLG AND DOOR LIGHT REMAINED ON WITH AIRFRAME VIBRATION AND AIR NOISE FROM GEAR AREA. RETURNED TO MIA. FOUND NOSE GEAR SENSOR LINK PIN NOT INSTALLED. REINSTALLED PIN. REPLACED LT AND RT NLG WHEELS. INSPECTED AREA, ACFT DEPARTED TOSDR PCAA9500200Retract Mech · malfunctionedWHILE SELECTING GEAR DOWN, NR 2 MAN HYDRAULIC PRESSURE WENT TO ZERO, NO GEAR EXTENDED AT THAT POINT. LOUD GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD AFTER GEAR SELECTED DOWN, PERFORMED ALTERNATE EXTENSION. JACKED ACFT, CHECKED ENG DRIVE HYD PUMP FOR AIR LEAKS, BLED SYSTEM, ANSDR CAL950153Bungee Cyl · inoperativeFLT NR 1647 - CLE - THE LEFT MLG RED UNSAFE LIGHT AND GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER GEAR RETRACTION. THE GEAR WAS CYCLED AND BOTH RED LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED WITH THREE GREEN GEAR LIGHTS INDICATED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO CLE WHERE IT LANDESDR ASAA9540003Control Cable · out of adjLAX - FLT 88 - ON ARRIVAL, CREW REPORTED ALL THREE RED INTRANSIT LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER LANDING GEAR EXTENSION DURING APPROACH. RECYCLED GEAR AND RED LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED NORMALLY WHEN GEAR WAS EXTENDED. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND LANDING GEARSDR 95ZZZX1542Proximity Sensor · defectiveFLT 4248 - UNABLE TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR AFTER TAKOFF, RETURNED TO GATE. AIRCRAFT LATER FERRIED TO CAK WHERE MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REPLACED RT MLG WEIGHT-ON-WHEELS PROXIMITY SENSOR.SDR 95ZZZX1276Piston Spring · brokenON LANDING, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. INSPECTION OF LANDING GEAR AND COMPLIANCE WITH MEB91-12 RESULTED IN NO DEFECTS NOTED IN GEAR SYSTEM. REMOVED AND SENT NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR OUT FOR INSPECTION. TEAR-DOWN REVEALED LOCK INDICATOR PISTON SPRING BROKEN.SDR C2XA95IA029Sequence Valve · failedIAH - FLT 2697 - DURING CLIMB, PILOT REPORTED LT GEAR DID NOT RETRACT WHEN GEAR WAS SELECTED TO THE 'UP' POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE FIELD WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED LT MLG SEQUENCE VALVE. THE OPERATIONAL CHECK OF SDR USAA950157Fan Blades · bird strikeLGA - FLT 488 - AT 500 FEET ON CLIMB-OUT, HAD A SUDDEN LOUD RUMBLE AND HIGH VIBRATION IN NR 2 ENGINE. WHEN POWER HAS REDUCED AT LEVEL OFF, NOISE DECREASED AND VIBRATION DECREASED TO NORMAL LEVELS. SUSPECTED BIRDSTRIKE. FLIGHT RETURNED TO LGA WHERE LANDING WSDR 95ZZZX1716Torque Link · crackedUPON 500-HOUR TORQUE LINK INSPECTION WHEREAS TORQUE LINKS ARE TAKEN APART, CLEANED, INSPECTED AND LUBED, THEN ARE REINSTALLED. MECHANIC FOUND LMG LWR TORQUE LINK AT HEAD OF BOLT CRACKED AND SPLIT APART. PART TT 2463.7. RMG FOUND TO BE OKAY. NG TORQUE LINKSSDR 95ZZZX1715Torque Link · splitUPON 500-HOUR TORQUE LINK INSPECTION WHEREAS TORQUE LINKS ARE TAKEN APART, CLEANED, INSPECTED AND LUBED, THEN ARE REINSTALLED. MECHANIC FOUND LMG LWR TORQUE LINK AT HEAD OF BOLT CRACKED AND SPLIT APART. PART TT 2463.7. RMG FOUND TO BE OKAY. NG TORQUE LINKSSDR SWHA95002Uplock Hook · wornBPT/AUS - ON SCHEDULED FLIGHT, LANDING APPROACH AT AUS, NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND NORMALLY. THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED BY EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED NOSE GEAR UPLOCK HOOK ASSEMBLY TO BE EITHER WSDR MALA954330Uplock Actuator · failedDTW - FLT 3120 - ON APPROACH, RT MAIN GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. THE CREW PERFORMED AN ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION AND THE GEAR WENT TO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. MAINTENANCE REPLACED RT MLG UPLOCK ACTUATOR. SYSTEM OPERATED SATISFACTORILY. (X)SDR 95ZZZX1379Switch · failedLANDING GEAR DID NOT RETRACT ON TAKEOFF. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED LANDING GEAR EMERGENCY EXTENSION SWITCH WAS NOT CLOSING. REPLACED SWITCH AND ADJUSTED IAW BEECH MM FOR 200 SERIES CHAPTER 32-30-00, RIGGING MANUAL EXTENSION SYSTEM, PARAGRAPH (A). CHECKED GEASDR UPS802515Lock Act · malfunctioned(SUPPLEMENTAL MRR) PILOT REPORTED WHEN LOWERED LANDING GEAR, NO LEFT MAIN GEAR CAME DOWN, CYCLED GEAR 3-4 TIMES, NO LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. ATTEMPT TO LOWER LT MAIN GEAR MANUALLY AND DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. TURNED HANDLE C/W 2-3 TURNS AND GOT DOOR LIGHT, WAITSDR 95ZZZX2070Rod · misriggedDURING AN INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM, THE NLG RETRACT ROD WAS FOUND CONTACTING THE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE IN TWO PLACES WITH THE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. IT WAS DETERMINED THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR RETRACT ARM WAS POSITIONED INCORRECTLY. PROPER INDEXING OF SDR 95ZZZX1164Retract Arm · misindexedDURING AN INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACT ROD WAS FOUND CONTACTING THE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE IN TWO PLACES WITH THE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. IT WAS DETERMINED THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR RETRACT ARM WAS POSITIONED INCORRECTLY. PROPESDR 95ZZZW226Circuit Breaker · trippedJFK - AFTER TAKEOFF LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. FOUND NO ELECTRICAL POWER TO LANDING GEAR TRUCK LEVEL SENSORS. REPLACED 2F16 CIRCUIT BREAKER, MFG P/N 2T20-5. LANDING GEAR SYSTEM CHECKED NORMAL. CHECK C-9C.SDR 95ZZZX1496Bellcrank · brokenTWO SPACERS BETWEEN ROD END AND BELLCRANK WERE MISSING. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED STRESS IN BROKEN AREA.SDR 95ZZZX1219Stud · crackedWHILE INSPECTING THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM, THE SIDE BRACE STUDS WERE REMOVED FOR CLOSE VISUAL AND N.D.I. INSPECTION. THE LEFT STUD WAS FOUND CRACKED AND WORN BEYOND LIMITS. SUSPECT NORMAL WEAR. SUBMITTER RECOMMENDS MORE FREQUENT REQUIRED DISASSEMBLY AND DETASDR 95ZZZZ130Valve · failedMAINTENANCE NOTED THAT WHEN BATTERIES WERE TURNED ON THAT THE HYDRAULIC PUMP STARTED TO CYCLE EVERY 10-15 SECONDS. FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED THAT THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL VALVE HAD FAILED INTERNALLY. THE VALVE WAS REPLACED AND A FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF THSDR 95ZZZX2689Bellcrank · brokenBELLCRANK WHICH APPEARS TO ACT AS DOWNLOCK, BROKE AND THE LANDING GEAR BEGAN THE RETRACTION CYCLE, BUT JAMMED THREE-FOURTHS OF THE WAY THROUGH THE CYCLE. THE BROKEN AREA APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CRACKED FOR SOME TIME DUE TO DISCOLORATION OF METAL.SDR USAA950113Retract Mech · malfunctionedGSO - FLT 884 - AFTER TAKEOFF THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. RECYCLED GEAR. ACFT RETURNED TO FIELD AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE COULD NOT DUPLICATE NLG DISCREPANCY. ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL. (W)SDR SWIA95533Harness · failedLANDING GEAR WILL NOT COME UP. REMOVED AND REPLACED NOSE GEAR A SYSTEM UP HARNESS. CYCLED GEAR. OPS CHECKS GOOD.SDR 95ZZZX2187Push-Pull Tube · damagedNOSE GEAR PUSH-PULL TUBE PROBABLY DAMAGED DURING TOWING OR HARD LANDING ON THE NOSE GEAR. THE PUSH-PULL TUBE REPLACEMENT RECEIVED FROM CESSNA AND INSTALLED INTO AIRCRAFT, APPEARS TO BE STRONGER COMPARED TO THE REMOVED PUSH-PULL TUBE.SDR VTZA95067Uplock Assy · failedLYN/RIC - FLT 6908 - DURING APPROACH ON 2-16-95 AT 0630 HRS, THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED. CREW SAID GEAR REMAINED IN WHEELWELL. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO LYH. LYN MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE UPLOCK ASSY, OPS CHECKS GSDR VTZA95059Uplock Assy · failureLYN/RIC - FLT 6908 - DURING APPROACH ON 2-16-95 AT 0630 HRS, THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED. CREW SAID GEAR REMAINED IN WHEELWELL. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO LYH. LYH MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE UPLOCK ASSY, OPS CHECKS GSDR MALA954323Switch · out of adjustYNG - FLT 3147 - ON CLIMB-OUT, NOSE GEAR CONTINUED TO CYCLE AFTER GEAR RETRACTION. THE CREW CYCLED THE GEAR AND THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DTW AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE ADJUSTED THE RIGHT NOSE GEAR UPLOCK SWITCH. SYSDR ERA00003Uplock Lever · crackedGEAR UNLOCK LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OUT AFTER DEPARTURE. FOUND LEVER P/N 240-8557101-6 CRACKED. THIS CRACKED LEVER WOULD NOT ALLOW THE NLG UPLOCK TO ACTUATE. RE-RIGGED NOSE LANDING GEAR AND PERFORMED RETRACT TEST.SDR ERA00002Uplock Lever · crackedNOSE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. FOUND LEVER P/N 240-8557101-6 CRACKED. THIS CRACKED LEVER WOULD NOT ALLOW THE NLG UPLOCK TO ACTUATE.SDR COM60421Selector Valve · malfunctionedLANDING GEAR DISAGREE MESSAGE ON EICAS. LEFT MLG DOES NOT INDICATE UP. DISCREPANCY CANNOT BE DUPLICATED, REPLACED MLG SELECTOR VALVE FOR TROUBLESHOOTING.SDR 95ZZZX1150Restrictor Valve · screen failedTHIS UNIT IS PART OF STC SA 4378WP AVIDESIGN, INC., HYDRAULIC LANDING GEAR SYSTEM. SCREENS DISLODGED ENTERING MAIN ACTUATOR. NOTE: THIS IS FOURTH SUCH INCIDENT.SDR 95ZZZZ133Lock Actuator · failedUPON LANDING AT SEA THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED, HAD TO EXTEND NOSE GEAR MANUALLY. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR LOCK ACTUATOR. (Z)SDR 95ZZZW196Lock Actuator · internal failureSEA - UPON LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED, HAD TO EXTEND NOSE GEAR MANUALLY. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NLG LOCK ACTUATOR.SDR MALA954319Uplock Act · failedCMX - FLT 3125 - ON APPROACH, LT GEAR DID NOT EXTEND UPON GEAR EXTENSION. THE CREW PERFORMED AN ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION AND THE GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT IN CMX. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE UPLOCK ACTUATOR. SYSTEM OPERATED SDR 95ZZZX1008Clevis Assy · failedNOSE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. NOSE GEAR UPLOCK ACT. CLEVIS ASSY FAILED CAUSING NOSE GEAR ASSY TO STAY IN UP AND LOCKED POSITION. UPLOCK ASSY IS SPRING LOADED TO THE LOCKED POSITION TO RELIEVE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM PRESS. AND HOLD DOORS UP. SUBMITTER RECOMMSDR 95ZZZW203Dnlock Actuator · contaminatedBNA - FLT - 4569 - ON APPROACH, WHEN GEAR WAS EXTENDED WITH NO NOSE GEAR GREEN LIGHT INDICATION AND NO TAXI LIGHT. ACFT RETURNED TO BNA AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. PURGE WATER OUT OF DOWNLOCK ACTUATOR BY SERVICING ACTUATOR WITH GREASE. ALSO, CLEANED DOWNLOCSDR 95ZZZX1111Bolt · severedNOSE GEAR DID NOT INDICATE LOCKED ACFT LANDED. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED VISUALLY LOCKNUT ENGAGED DUE TO SHEARED BOLT. ALSO FOUND BUSHING PN 95061-191 SEIZED TO BOLT. INSTALLED NEW BOLT/BUSHING.SDR MALA954316Retract Mech · out of adjustFLT 3256 - ON CLIMB-OUT FROM MSP, THE NOSE GEAR CONTINUED TO CYCLE AFTER GEAR RETRACTION. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MSP. MAINTENANCE RESHIMMED THE BELLCRANKS. SYSTEM OPERATED SATISFACTORILY DURING A TEST FLIGHT. (Z)SDR MALA954312Uplock Act · failedDTW - FLT 3187 - ON APPROACH, RIGHT GEAR HUNG UP FOR 15 SECONDS UPON GEAR EXTENSION. THE CREW PERFORMED A GO-AROUND AND THE GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED UPLOCK ACTUATOR. SYSTEM OPERATED SATISFACTORILY. (X)SDR COM11783Swivel · leakingHYDRAULIC LEAK, LEFT MLG. TIGHTENED FITTINGS ON HYDRAULIC SWIVEL.SDR ASAA9564Retract Mech · failedANC - FLT 145 - ON ARRIVAL, THE CREW REPORTED THE NLG FAILED TO EXTEND WHEN LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS PLACED TO DOWN. PERFORMED MANUAL EXTENSION AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. CLEANED AND INSPECTED NLG, NO DEFECTS NOTED. PERFORMED EXTENSION AND RETRACTION TESTSDR MALA954308Retract Mech · lack of lubeFLT 3261 - ON APPROACH TO MSP, THE NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT WAS SLOW TO ILLUMINATE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO MSP. MAINTENANCE CLEANED AND LUBED THE NOSE GEAR. SYSTEM OPERATED SATSIFACTORILY. (Z)SDR MALA954307Switch · out of rigFLT 3447 - DURING THE CLIMB-OUT FROM TVF, THE NOSE GEAR CONTINUED TO CYCLE AFTER GEAR RETRACTION. THE CREW CYCLED THE GEAR AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO MSP WITH THE GEAR DOWN. MAINTENANCE RERIGGED THE UPLIMIT SWITCH. SYSTEM OPERATEDSDR 95ZZZZ135Uplatch Pin · shearedNOSE GEAR EXTENDS IN FLIGHT WHEN GEAR HANDLE IS PLACED IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION. REPLACED NOSE GEAR UPLATCH PIN AND SPACER ASSY. (Z)SDR 95ZZZX905Drag Brace · failedON TAKEOFF FROM LUK, PILOT HEARD A LOUD CRACK AT GEAR RETRACTION. NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. PILOT CYCLED GEAR DOWN AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. JACKED AIRCRAFT AND FOUND UPPER DRAG BRACE CRACKED. REPLACED WITH NEW UNIT.SDR DLM88950583Striker Angle · crackedITEM DEFERRED FROM C-2 CHECK 07/25/94, TIME LIMITED REPAIR INSTALLED AT LEFT MLG WHEEL WELL AFT O/B STRIKER ANGLE PER SRM 53-05 FIG 81A. INSTALLED PERMANENT REPAIR PER SRM 53-05 FIG 81A.SDR 95ZZZX1105Torque Tube · crackedDURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, RT MLG TORQUE TUBE FOUND CRACKED. THE CRACK IS APPROXIMATELY .50 INCH LONG AND IS LOCATED ON THE WELD AT THE BOSS FOR THE FORK BOLT. THE CRACK WAS DETECTED BY A VISIBLE LINE IN THE PAINT ON THE PART, BUT WHEN THE PAINT WAS REMOVESDR USAA950106Retract Mech · malfunctionedMKE - FLT 293 - AFTER TAKEOFF, THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. FLIGHT RETURNED TO MKE WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTED NOSE GEAR RETRACT AND EXTEND MECH. NO DEFECTS NOTED. SERVICED NOSE GEAR STRUT, IAW DOUGLAS MM 32-21-02. GEAR SWING CHECKS GOOD. (W)
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