Service difficulty report · Uplock · Airbus A310

Difficulty date
November 18, 2004
Submitted
November 23, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N408FE
Make and model
Airbus A310
Aircraft serial
257
Aircraft time
32,233 hours, 27,830 cycles
Part
Uplock
Condition
Failed
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 TAKEOFF, NOSE GEAR AMBER "DOOR" WARNING LIGHTS (FWD AND OVERHEAD) REMAINED ON FOLLOWING GEAR RETRACTION. NO EXCESSIVE NOISE OR VIBRATION OBSERVED. WHEN GEAR WAS EXTENDED AGAIN, "DOOR" LIGHT REMAINED ON (BOTH FORWARD AND OVERHEAD INDICATIONS) RETURNED TO IND. REMOVED AND REPLACED RT NLG DOOR UPLOCK ASSY IAW A310-200 MM 32-31-14, SYS OPS OK, A/C OK 4 FLT RII:377762. PREMATURE REMOVAL/INSTALLATION OFF MFG A25431001POS RT SRL M579, ON MFG A25431001-2, SRL U1606 TAG 609521.

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