Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Airbus A320231

Difficulty date
February 24, 2005
Submitted
February 25, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N625AW
Make and model
Airbus A320231
Aircraft serial
064
Aircraft time
48,558 hours, 21,891 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Nose
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 TURNBACK, ON CLIMBOUT OF ORD EN ROUTE TO PHX AFTER SELECTING LANDING GEAR TO THE UP POSITION THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT, TURNED BACK TO ORD FOR REPAIR. AIRCRAFT CURRENTLY OUT OF SERVICE. MAINTENANCE REPACKED NLG SHOCK STRUT IAW T/C R4N32305, ALSO REPLACED NLG DOWNLOCK SPRING AND LOWER LOCK SPRING ATTACH PIN PER AMM 32-21-18, LEAK AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD.

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