Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Airbus A310222

Difficulty date
December 4, 2005
Submitted
December 5, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N455FE
Make and model
Airbus A310222
Aircraft serial
331
Aircraft time
30,262 hours, 13,631 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Left
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS A GOOD BIT SLOWER TO SHOW UP AND LOCKED AFTER THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED. WHILE THE NOSE GEAR AND RIGHT MAIN SHOWED UP AND LOCKED WITH LIGHTS OUT, THE LEFT MAIN HAD A AMBER DOOR LIGHT AND RED UNLOCK LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THERE WAS ALSO A ECAM WARNING ON THE LEFT ECAM SAYING LEFT MAIN NOT UP AND LOCKED. AFTER ABOUT 5 TO 7 SECONDS THE LIGHTS ON THE FORWARD INDICATOR PANEL WENT OUT AND THE ECAM WARNING WENT AWAY. REMOVED AND REPLACED LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR SEQUENCE VALVES IN REFERENCE TO A310 M/M 32-31-37-4 OPS CHECKS GOOD IN REFERENCE TO A310 M/M 32-31-00-5.

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