Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
March 12, 2007
Submitted
March 20, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N410UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
463
Aircraft time
44,284 hours, 15,894 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Control Unit
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
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

GEAR DID NOT RETRACT PROPERLY ON DEPARTURE. ALL OK ON 2ND ATTEMPT. [SUP 05-29-07] REPLACED NR 2 LANDING GEAR CONTROL AND INDICATING UNIT AND LANDING GEAR SELECTOR VALVE. AT OVERHAUL, NOTHING WAS FOUND TO BE OUT OF SPEC WITH THE LGCIU OR THE SELECTOR VALVE. LATER IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROXIMITY SENSOR WAS FAULTY AFTER THE SAME FAULT OCCURRED SEVERAL FLIGHTS LATER.

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