Service difficulty report · Actuator · Airbus A300B4605R

Difficulty date
September 1, 2008
Submitted
September 4, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N656FE
Make and model
Airbus A300B4605R
Aircraft serial
745
Aircraft time
21,170 hours, 10,797 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
C231290043
Part serial
B486
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Left
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

LT MLG WOULD NOT RETRACT. "UNLK" AND "DOOR" LIGHTS ON BOTH DETECTION SYSTEMS. ACFT YAW ALSO CONFIRMED GEAR NOT UP. WHEN GEAR HANDLE PLACED IN NEUTRAL, GREEN DOWN LOCKED INDICATOR CAME BACK ON. RE-EXTENDED GEAR FOR LANDING, NO PROBLEMS WITH EXTENTION. SAFTIED BOLTS IN HOLLOW SHAFT AND INSTALLED COTTER PIN IN BOLT INTO STRUCTURE AND SAFTIED RESTRICTOR VALVE AND RIGGED CONTROL ROD. PERFORMED REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION OF LT MLG ACTUATOR AND VARIABLE RESTRICTOR PER AMM 32-31-46-4. PERFORMED GEAR SWING PER AMM 32-31-00. 3 TIMES ALL INDICATION AND RETRACTION NORMAL LEAK CHECK OK.

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