Service difficulty report · Bypass Valve · Airbus A319115

Difficulty date
April 13, 2017
Submitted
April 17, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N5007E
Make and model
Airbus A319115
Aircraft serial
5781
Aircraft time
9,956 hours, 4,896 cycles
Part
Bypass Valve
Part number
114087008
Condition
Faulted
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
NR
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

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. AFTER GEAR RETRACTION, LANDING GEAR DOORS NOT CLOSED, ECAM MESSAGE CAME ON. GEAR WAS CYCLED WITH NO CHANGE. AIRSPEED MAINTAINED BELOW 230. EMERGENCY DECLARED, FLIGHT RETURNED TO YYZ, NORMAL LANDING MADE AT YYZ. MAINTENANCE FOUND RIGHT HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR, MANUAL GROUND OPENING MECHANISM CABLE SHEARED FROM ACTIVATION HANDLE. REPLACED MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR BY PASS VALVE PER AMM 32-31-13 AND INSTALLED CABLE TO BYPASS VALVE PER AMM 32-12-16. ACCOMPLISHED SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL AND LEAK CHECKS. ACCOMPLISHED GEAR EXTENSION AND RETRACTION PER AMM 32-30-00. (SEE ALSO AALA201704179054).

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