Service difficulty report · Uplock · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
September 27, 2016
Submitted
September 29, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N409UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
462
Aircraft time
74,744 hours, 27,953 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Uplock
Condition
Out Of Position
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

VERY LOUD WIND RUSH, WITH COCKPIT FLOOR VIBRATION, DOES NOT CHANGE WITH SPEED DEREASED. WITH ALT INCREASE. WIND NOISE AND VIBRATION AT ROW 1, ALL NORMAL AFT OF ROW2. ALL GEAR DOORS SHOWED CLOSED AFTER TAKE OFF. NLD INDICATION IS NOW XX. ALSO, AFTER LANDING MLG DISAGREE ECAM. ACCOMPLISHED VISUAL INSPECTION, NO DEFECTS NOTED. ACCOMPLISHED LG BACK TO NORMAL AFTER FREE FALL TEST IAW AMM32-00-00-860-003, TESTED GOOD. FOUND DOORS NOT FULL Y CLOSING HYDRAULICALLY. DOOR UPLOCK HOOK OUT OF POSITION. REPLACED NLG UPLOCK ASSY AND SWUNG NOSE GEAR, DOOR OPERATION AND INDICATION NORMAL.

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