Service difficulty report · Rod · Airbus A300B4622

Difficulty date
July 30, 2005
Submitted
August 2, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N716FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622
Aircraft serial
358
Aircraft time
28,797 hours, 30,861 cycles
Part
Rod
Part number
GA559411
Part serial
A97150
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER T/O, LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. SELECTED SYS 2 ON POSITION SELECTOR AND ATTEMPTED TO RETRACT. GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT, NEXT PITCH TRIM 1&2 TRIPPED OFF AND WOULD NOT RESET. AUTOTHROTTLES 1&2 TRIPPED OFF AND WOULD NOT RESET. CREW DECLARED EMERG, RETURNED. ALL ELEC/HYD INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. NO C/B`S OPEN. AFTER LANDING, ALL SWITCHES WOULD RESET. SYS ACTED LIKE A/C NEVER LEFT GROUND. CHECKED PROX BOX FOUND SN INDICATION FOR NOSE SHOCK ABSORBER. FOUND BEARING WORN ON NOSE SHOCK EXTENSION TARGET ARM. REPLACED BROKEN ROD ASSY ON CONNECTING ARM FOR NOSE GEAR PROX DETECTOR SWITCH ASSY IAW A300AMM 32-00-00. GEAR SWING OPS CHECK NORMAL.

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