Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Airbus A320231

Difficulty date
July 6, 2005
Submitted
July 11, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N644AW
Make and model
Airbus A320231
Aircraft serial
317
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Mains
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

AFTER TAKEOFF MLG HANDLE UP, ECAM CAUTION: L/G GEAR NOT UPLOCKED. CYCLED MLG PER ECAM ALL GEAR UP & LOCKED OK. MX CYCLED MLG, OPS CHK GOOD. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. WITHIN 8 CYCLES DISCREPANCY RETURNED. ACFT MX FERRIED BACK TO PHX. SEVERAL SENSORS INSPECTED, ADJUSTED & REPLACED IAW AIRBUS MM. NLG RESTRICTORS 2535GM, 2536GM & 2691GM REPLACED. MLG SELECTOR VALVE 40GA CHANGED, NLG DOOR BYPASS VALVE REPLACED. R & R RELAYS 48GA AND 53GA. TEAR DOWN REPORT CONFIRMS REPLACEMENT OF MLGCU. FOUND S1 SWITCH FAULTY. SWITCH REPLACED & UNIT TESTED OK. ALL WORK PERFORMED IAW CMM 32-31-13 REV 9.

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