Service difficulty report · Damper · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
February 3, 2007
Submitted
February 5, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N728FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
581
Aircraft time
36,844 hours, 18,790 cycles
Part
Damper
Condition
Discharged
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
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

GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT IN FLIGHT. SWITCHED POSITION DETECTORS, NO AVAIL. REFERENCE MTSI 32-30 / 1119. BWI MX, REMOVED AND REPLACED PROXIMITY DETECTOR UNIT 54GB AS PER A300 M/M 32-31-71-4. REMOVED AND REPLACED LT BOGIE PITCH DAMPER AS PER A300 M/M 32-11-15-4. SERVICED PITCH DAMPER AS REQ'D. OK FOR SVC PER MTSI INSTRUCTIONS, PLACED A/C LDG GEAR RETRACT SYSTEM ON MEL, WITH L/G VOM/MMO SWITCH ACTIVATED TO LDG GEAR DOWN MEL (ITEM NBRS 32-30/1123 AND 32-60/1122). FLT TO MEM, MEM MX, PERFORMED GEAR SWING, CLOSED ALL ITEMS.

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