Service difficulty report · Uplock · Airbus A320231

Difficulty date
June 20, 2005
Submitted
June 21, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N644AW
Make and model
Airbus A320231
Aircraft serial
317
Part
Uplock
Part number
C24730100
Part serial
U712
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
CL
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

DURING GEAR RETRACTION AFTER TAKEOFF, NOSE GEAR STAYED DOWN & ALL GEAR DOORS STAYED DOWN. MX R & R THE NLG DOOR UPLOCK ASSY IAW AWXA TASK CARD F4N32301. OPS CHECKS GOOD. TEAR DOWN REPORT CONFIRMS REASON FOR REMOVAL OF NLG DOOR UPLOCK ASSEMBLY. FOUND BINDING BETWEEN STOPS ON UNIT. BOTH STOPS WERE FOUND WORN. STOPS WERE REPLACED AND UNIT WAS TESTED IAW CMM 32-37-09 REV. 7

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