What was found
AFTER T/O LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT- TRIED BOTH SYSTEMS, FOLLOWED ECAM (270 SPEED WAS NOT EXCEEDED), FOLLOWED QRM, RETURNED. REMOVED LT GEAR PITCH DAMPER PER MM 32-11-15-4-01. INSTALLED NEW DAMPER THROUGH STEP 4 (B) (4).
- Difficulty date
- January 27, 2004
- Submitted
- January 28, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N428FE
- Make and model
- Airbus A310
- Aircraft serial
- 248
- Aircraft time
- 34,088 hours, 22,998 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3230 · Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System
- Part
- Damper
- Part number
- D221270005
- Part serial
- DRG40
- Condition
- Malfunctioned
- Location
- Mlg
- Stage of operation
- CL
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- J
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.