Service difficulty report · Mechanism · Airbus A300B4605R

Difficulty date
March 7, 2009
Submitted
July 2, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N40064
Make and model
Airbus A300B4605R
Aircraft serial
507
Aircraft time
53,548 hours, 20,781 cycles
Part
Mechanism
Condition
Out Of Position
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

JFK - NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. EMERGENCY DECLARED, RETURNED TO JFK WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. FOUND LOCKING MECHANISM ON NOSE GEAR TELESCOPIC STRUT ROTATED TO THE LOCKED POSITION. RESET LOCKING MECHANISM TO NORMAL POSITION. SYSTEM GROUND CHECK NORMAL OPERATION.

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