Service difficulty report · Sensor · Airbus A320214

Difficulty date
November 11, 1999
Submitted
November 14, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N624AJ
Make and model
Airbus A320214
Aircraft serial
624
Part
Sensor
Part number
ABS012110
Condition
Dirty
Location
Mlg
Part time
7,640 hours, 5,476 cycles
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

MIA/KIN - FLT JM 020 - AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MIAMI AFTER TAKEOFF DUE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. ECAM REPORT SHOWED NLG PROXIMITY SENSORS 24GA, 25GA, AND LGCIU 1 AT FAULT. THE PROXIMITY SENSORS WERE FOUND COVERED WITH GREASE DURING INSPECTION; BOTH SENSORS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY CLEANED. AIRCRAFT WAS DEPOWERED AND LGCIU FAULT DISAPPEARED WHEN POWER RESTORED. BITE TEST OF LGCIU AND PROXIMITY DETECTORS 24GA AND 25GA TESTED OKAY. AIRCRAFT WAS THEN DISPATCHED. (X)

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