Service difficulty report · Mechanism · Airbus A310203

Difficulty date
April 24, 2007
Submitted
April 26, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N429FE
Make and model
Airbus A310203
Aircraft serial
364
Aircraft time
47,149 hours, 20,421 cycles
Part
Mechanism
Condition
Dirty
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

RAISING GEAR ON T/O NOSE GEAR DOOR LIGHT REMAINED ON. ILLUMINATED ON BOTH SYS AS SPEED INCREASED TO 200 KNOTS, NOISE AND VIB WAS FELT FROM THE NOSE GEAR. NOISE AND VIB REMAINED UNTIL GEAR WAS LOWERED AGAIN, AND THEN THE LIGHT WENT OUT. FOUND FWD LEFT GEAR DOOR MECHANISMS STICKY AND DRY. CLEANED AND LUBED AND CHECKED RIGGING. OPS CHECKED REF M/M 32-31-00-5 AND 32-00-00-5. OPS CHECKED GOOD AND RESTORED A/C TO NORMAL CONFIG AND IS OK FOR SERVICE.

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