Service difficulty report · Wire · Airbus A300B4605R

Difficulty date
June 10, 2003
Submitted
June 13, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N651FE
Make and model
Airbus A300B4605R
Aircraft serial
728
Aircraft time
14,270 hours, 7,100 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AFTER GEAR RETRACTION, GOT LANDING GEAR RETRACT INOP ON ECAM. DURING RETRACTION NEVER GOT RED UPLOCK LIGHT IN NOSE INDICATOR LIGHT. TRIED POSITION INDICATION SYSTEM 2, SAME WARNING ON ECAM. AFTER RETRACTION ALL GEAR LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED. REPEAT WRITE-UP. T/S FOUND BROKEN WIRES ON 39GBA C/P FACT 11JUN03 18:28 FLL R FOUND BROKEN WIRE TO PIN 'E' AT C/P 39GBA (NLG UPLOCK SYS1 MICROSWITCH). REMOVED AND REPLACED C/P IAW SWP'S. C/W NOSE GEAR TEST (SWING) IAW AMMSUPP 32-31-00-5 PAR 6. ALL NOSE GEAR & DOOR INDICATIONS CHK NORMAL.

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