Service difficulty report · Pin · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
April 16, 2026
Submitted
April 20, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N924US
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
6569
Aircraft time
36,048 hours, 14,718 cycles
Part
Pin
Condition
Installed
Location
Zone 700
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W, 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 NOT GROUNDED: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO JFK DUE TO THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTING THAT THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AND UPLOCK ON DEPARTURE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT JFK AND TAXIED TO THE GATE UNDER ITS OWN POWER. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACT LOCK OUT PIN INSTALLED AND REMOVED THE PIN PER AMM 32-00-00,

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