Service difficulty report · Bracket · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
January 20, 2006
Submitted
January 31, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N443UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
820
Aircraft time
27,708 hours, 9,842 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Bracket
Condition
Loose
Location
Nlg Prox Sensor
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G, N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DIVERTED FLIGHT DUE TO NUMEROUS INSTRUMENT FAILURE MESSAGES. NOSE LANDING GEAR (NLG) TARGET 24GA AND 25GA MOUNTING BRACKET WAS FOUND EXTREMELY LOOSE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED UPPER BOLT TO NLG PROXIMITY SENSOR ASSEMBLY. ALL SYSTEMS WERE THEN TESTED WITH NO FURTHER ANOMALY.

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