Service difficulty report · Prox Detect Unit · Airbus A310222

Difficulty date
March 28, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N422FE
Make and model
Airbus A310222
Aircraft serial
346
Part
Prox Detect Unit
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Landing Gear
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON DEPARTURE FROM TPE, GEAR INDICATED UP AND LOCKED (GREEN AND YELLOW LIGHTS ON INDICATOR). CYCLED HANDLE AND YELLOW LIGHTS WENT OUT WITH GEAR HANDLE DOWN. UPON PLACING GEAR HANDLE UP AGAIN, HANDLE WOULD NOT COME PAST NEUTRAL; YELLOW LIGHTS ON WITH GREEN LIGHTS AND GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. FOUND SYS 1 RETRACT CTL 2 GB C/B POPPED. CK'D WIRING PER AWM 32-62-04 AND REMOVED AND REPLACED PROXIMITY DETECTOR PROCESSING UNIT PER M/M 32-61-00. PERFORMED SIMULATED FLT/GND CONFIGURATION TEST. ALL FUNCTIONS CK'D NORMAL PER M/M 32-00-00.

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