Service difficulty report · Valve · Airbus A319112

Difficulty date
March 5, 2019
Submitted
March 8, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N709UW
Make and model
Airbus A319112
Aircraft serial
997
Aircraft time
54,122 hours, 31,367 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
7620801
Part serial
Y17301
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nlg
Part time
10,565 hours, 5,192 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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

THE PILOT REPORTED AN AIR RETURN, DUE TO A NOSE GEAR SHIMMY. A GEAR RETRACTION ECAM MESSAGE FOR THE LANDING GEAR DOOR NOT CLOSED WAS OBSERVED. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE NLG DOOR CLOSING SAFETY VALVE AND WELL AS THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL INTERFACE UNIT. PERFORMED A SATISFACTORY RETRACTION AND EXTENSION IAW AMM 32-31-00-720-002-A.

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