Service difficulty report · Connector · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
September 10, 2007
Submitted
September 10, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N662FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
761
Aircraft time
16,779 hours, 9,069 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Selector Valve
Stage of operation
AP
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

ON APPR INTO KONT, PUT LDG GEAR HANDLE DOWN AND IT WAS STRANGELY QUIET, GEAR DID NOT COME DOWN. TRIED SYS 2 WITH SAME RESULT. EXECUTED GA AND MANUALLY EXTENDED GEAR. UPON LANDING/ENGINE SHUTDOWN, ECAM SHOWED C/B MONITOR OPEN, "LDG GEAR EXTEND CONTROL" C/B HAD POPPED. FOUND CONNECTOR ON LANDING GEAR SELECTOR VALVE 3GA-A FOULED WITH HYDRAULIC RESIDUE. CLEANED, REPLACED 3 AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER 1GA REFERENCE WIRING DIAGRAM 32-31-01 PAGE 1, AND CHAPTER 20-16-00-2. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL TEST OF SYSTEM 4 TIMES, ALL CHECKS GOOD, NO FAULTS AND ON EACH TEST THE CIRCUIT BREAKER REMAINED IN, PER MM 32-31-12-6.

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