Service difficulty report · Unknown · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
February 3, 2007
Submitted
February 14, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N429UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
539
Aircraft time
40,424 hours, 14,504 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Unknown
Condition
Unknown
Location
Mlg Door
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

RTFL WITH A LANDING GEAR DOOR WARNING MESSAGE. PROBLEM REOCCURED ON SUBSEQUENT FLIGHT. [SUP 05-08-07] AFTER RTFL OF FLIGHT 543, FAULT WAS ORIGINALLY TRACED TO A LOOSE PROXIMITY SWITCH. SWITCH WAS SECURED AND OPS CHECKED OK. ON NEXT FLIGHT, SAME WARNING MESSAGE OCCURRED FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER RTFL EVENT. SUBSEQUENT FAULT TRACING FOUND THE DOOR CLOSE SAFETY VALVE TO BE DEFECTIVE. SAFETY VALVE WAS REPLACED AND GEAR WAS CYCLED 5 TIMES DURING A VERIFICATION FLIGHT TO ENSURE PROPER OPERATION.

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