Service difficulty report · Uplock Sensor · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
January 3, 2003
Submitted
January 6, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N639AW
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
471
Aircraft time
30,510 hours, 12,453 cycles
Part
Uplock Sensor
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Mlg
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

AIR TURN BACK AFTER TAKEOFF EN ROUTE RETRACTED LANDING GEAR, NLG REMAINED DOWN. PERFORMED ECAM PROCEDURES, CYCLED LANDING GEAR; NO CHANGE, NLG REMAINED DOWN AND LOCKED, MAIN GEAR INDICATED UNSAFE. RECYCLED GEAR, ALL GEAR ASSY RETRACTED, BUT LT, RT MAIN GEAR DOORS REMAINED OPEN. LWRD GEAR AND TURNED BACK. MAINT REMOVED AND REPLACED LANDING GEAR SAFETY VALVE IAW AMM, NLG UPLOCK ASSY IAW T/C R4N32307. CHECKED ADJUSTMENT OF PROXIMITY SENSORS 18GA AND 19GA; IAW AMM. FUNCTIONAL TEST OF SAFETY VALVE IAW AMM, AND EXTENSION AND RETRACTION TEST IAW AMM, ALL CHECKS GOOD.

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