Service difficulty report · Proximity Sensor · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
October 5, 2022
Submitted
October 6, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N838AW
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
2615
Aircraft time
49,308 hours, 24,283 cycles
Part
Proximity Sensor
Part number
848401
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Zone 700 - Gears
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: ON TAKEOFF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AND CREW REPORTED A LOUD NOISE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO RETRACT THE GEAR ALONG WITH LANDING GEAR SYSTEM DISAGREE, LANDING GEAR DOORS NOT CLOSED, LANDING GEAR NOT UPLOCKED AND LANDING GEAR SHOCK ABSORBER FAULT MESSAGES. CREW FOLLOWED ECAM INSTRUCTIONS AND CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR, THEN THE GEAR CAME UP. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO DFW WHERE IT LANDED SAFELY WITH OUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ADJUSTMENT OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR PROXIMITY SENSOR 25GA PER AMM 32-31-73 AND ACCOMPLISHED A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK PER AMM 32-31-00.

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