Service difficulty report · Uplock Hook · Airbus A310

Difficulty date
March 9, 2005
Submitted
March 10, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N455FE
Make and model
Airbus A310
Aircraft serial
331
Aircraft time
29,162 hours, 13,117 cycles
Part
Uplock Hook
Condition
Damaged
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CR
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

NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR AMBER LIGHT ILLUMINATE ON BOTH PANELS FOLLOWED ECAM. QRH DECLARED EMERGENCY FOR OVERWEIGHT LANDING. LANDING WEIGHT 289.0 AND 250 FPM RATE OF DESCENT. NOTICEABLE VIBRATION FROM NOSE GEAR DOOR. FURTHER T/S FOUND RT UPLOCK ASSY-NLG DOOR HOOK ALWAYS SPRING BACK. REMOVED AND REPLACED RT NLG DOOR UPLOCK ASSY.

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