Service difficulty report · Selector Valve · Airbus A300*

Difficulty date
August 17, 2022
Submitted
August 19, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N567UW
Make and model
Airbus A300*
Aircraft serial
5728
Aircraft time
27,619 hours, 11,053 cycles
Part
Selector Valve
Part number
114079018
Part serial
CH1300806
Condition
None
Location
Zone 200 - Fuse
Part time
27,619 hours, 11,053 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A, O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AFTER TAKE OFF LANDING GEAR NOT UP LOCKED ECAM. LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. THEN DID COME UP BUT WOULD NOT COME DOWN. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO CLT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT AIRMAN FLAGGED LANDING GEAR NOT UP LOCKED WHEN THE CREW TRIED TO RETRACT THE GEAR. LANDING GEAR NOT DOWN LOCKED AND LANDING GEAR DOORS NOT CLOSED WHEN THE CREW TRIED TO EXTEND THE GEAR. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED 7 GEAR SWINGS WITH NO FAULTS NOTED. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED TSM 32-31-00-810-836-A AND REPLACED THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR VALVE PER AMM 32-41-34. A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS ACCOMPLISHED.