Service difficulty report · Sensor · Airbus A320214

Difficulty date
January 17, 2014
Submitted
January 22, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N417AV
Make and model
Airbus A320214
Aircraft serial
4175
Aircraft time
1,090,251 hours, 9,493 cycles
Part
Sensor
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

UNABLE TO RETRACT MLG AFTER TAKEOFF, AP & AT WERE AUTOMATICALLY DISCONNECTED. ECAM WARNING, MLG SHOCK ABSORBER FAULT. VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE NLG & PROXIMITY SENSORS WERE ACCOMPLISHED SATISFACTORY IAW AMM 22-96-00 PB501. AFS TEST ACCOMPLISHED. FCOM PRO-SPO-25-FLIGHT WITH GEAR DOWN OPERATIONAL PROCEDURE WAS ACCOMPLISHED SWITCH LG DOWN VMO MMO SELECTION IN PANEL 188VU IN POSITION LG DOWN. IAW AMM 12-12-32-611-005 NLG SHOCK ABSORBER OIL REPLENISHMENT & NITROGEN FILLING WAS ACCOMPLISHED & TORQUE OF FLIGHT GROUND SENSING MECHANISM WAS ADJUSTED IAW AMM 32-21-45-400-801A. IAW AMM 32-31-00-720-003A FUNCTIONAL TEST OF THE NORMAL EXTENSION & RETRACTION OF THE NLG WITH TARGET FALSE WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH SATISFACTORY RESULTS THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE GROUND CONFIGURATION.

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