Service difficulty report · Downlock Switch · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
March 7, 2007
Submitted
March 8, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N725FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
572
Aircraft time
38,485 hours, 19,581 cycles
Part
Downlock Switch
Condition
Unknown
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

ON FINAL, 400 AGL, RECEIVED A "TO LOW GEAR" VERBAL WARNING, LDG GEAR POSITION DETECTION SYS WAS IN POS "1", SWITCHED TO SYS "2" AND CONTINUED PERFORMED GO-AROUND. ON SECOND ATTEMPT, THERE WAS NO WARNING, ALL SYSTEMS SHOWED GEAR DOWN, AND LANDED. IND R PER TSM AND GPWS SELF TEST, LEVEL NR 5, FLT LEG HISTORY INDICATED, EXT FAULT GEARSWITCH FAULT (79GB). DOWNLOCK SWITCH P/N OF OLD/REMOVED SWITCH AS FOLLOWS-(141FLO1D3--DATE 6/92, CPN# 2310526). REMOVED AND REPLACED SAME PER A300-600 MM NR 32-00-00-4, OPS CHK NORMAL PER A300-600 MM NR 34-48-00-5-02.

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