Service difficulty report · Shear Pin · Airbus A310

Difficulty date
November 30, 2005
Submitted
December 2, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N807FD
Make and model
Airbus A310
Aircraft serial
492
Aircraft time
55,894 hours, 10,956 cycles
Part
Shear Pin
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 FROM KMIA,WHEN THE MLG RETRACTED THE LT MLG DOOR SHOWED UNLOCKED ON FWD PANEL, OVERHEAD PNL,AND ECAM.WHILE GERAR HANDLE WAS IN THE UP POSITION THE AMBER DOOR LIGHT WAS ON AND THE RED GEAR UNLK LIGHT WAS ON.WHEN LDG GEAR HANDLE WAS MOVED TO NEUTRAL, THE MLG GREEN LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FOUND LT MLG SIDE BRACE ACTUATOR MOUNT PIN MISSING, GOUGE IN SIDE BRACE. BLENDED OUT DAMAGED AREA WITHIN LIMITS IAW E.A 6-3210-95470. INSTALLED ATTACH PIN, REPLACED SHEAR PIN, REINSTALLED GEAR DOWNLOCK IND. MECH. IAW A310 M/M32-61-14-4. R&R BRACE STRUT ACTUATOR.

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