Service difficulty report · Selector Valve · Airbus A320231

Difficulty date
May 22, 2005
Submitted
May 26, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N634AW
Make and model
Airbus A320231
Aircraft serial
091
Aircraft time
49,693 hours, 22,092 cycles
Part
Selector Valve
Part number
11409015
Condition
Malfunctioned
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

EN ROUTE, PILOTS REPORTED DURING CLIMB & DURING MLG RETRACTION A GRINDING NOISE & ECAM MESSAGE MLG NOT UPLOCKED. CYCLED MLG IAW MX AND UPON RETRACTION SAME NOISE ON RT MLG DOWN. ACFT RETURNED & LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX R & R MLG SELECTOR VALVE IAW AMM. OPS CK GOOD AIW AWA TASKCARD. PART IS NOT TRACKED BY S/N BUT AMWEST RECORDS SHOW ONLY 1 SELECTOR VALVE HAVING A REPAIR ORDER REQUESTED ON 05/22/05 (THE DATE OF INCIDENT), RO 2224169. THE VENDOR REPORT FOR THIS PARTICULAR UNIT, RO 2224169, STATES THAT THIS UNIT FAILED PRETEST, REVEALING AN INTERNAL LEAK IN THE UNIT. SEVERAL SEALS WERE REPLACED. THIS UNIT WAS TESTED AND REPAIRED IAW CMM 32-32-34 REV. 13.

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