Service difficulty report · Sensor · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
April 3, 2018
Submitted
April 5, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N578UW
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
6035
Aircraft time
14,192 hours, 5,570 cycles
Part
Sensor
Condition
Dirty
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING TAKE OFF, THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT, HANDLE STUCK DOWN ECAM, LG SHOCK ABSORBER FAULT, RETURNED TO BASE, INVESTIGATON IDENTIFIED THE NLG TARGET SENSOR, FOLLOWING THROUGH INSPECTION OF NLG STRUT AND SENSOR, IDENTIFIED DIRT AND GREASE BUILD UP ON SENSOR. REMOVED AND CLEANED THE GREASE FROM THE SENSOR. COMPLETED LGCIU BITE TEST ALL PASSED IAW TSM 32-31-00-810-868-A.

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