Service difficulty report · Sequence Valve · Airbus A310203

Difficulty date
August 24, 2004
Submitted
August 26, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N442FE
Make and model
Airbus A310203
Aircraft serial
353
Aircraft time
42,495 hours, 18,382 cycles
Part
Sequence Valve
Part number
A252791
Part serial
M465
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.

What was found

ON INITIAL TAKEOFF RETRACTED GEAR AND LT MLG REMAINED DOWN AND LOCKED WITH RED UNLOCK LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON BOTH LANDING GEAR PANELS. PLACED GEAR HANDLE DOWN AND GOT 3 GREEN NO RED LANDED UNEVENTFUL SYSTEM 1 SELECTED. PER FLIGHT CREW DEBRIEF, THE DOOR OPEN LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED AT ANY POINT DURING THE ATTEMPTED GEAR RETRACTION OR THE SUBSEQUENT GEAR EXTENSION. PERFORMED MEMORY RECALL TEST ON PROXIMITY DETECTOR UNIT WITH NO FAULTS RECORDED. ALSO PERFORMED SYSTEM TEST ON SAME UNIT WITH RESULTS COMING BACK NORMAL. TROUBLESHOOTING TO CONTINUE. PERFORMED GENERAL ADJ/TEST PER A310-200 COMPLETED MAIN GEAR SEQUENCE VALVE PER A310-200 MM 32-31-37-4. PERFORMED GEAR SWING INDICATIONS NORMAL.

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