Service difficulty report · Selector Valve · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
July 29, 2018
Submitted
July 30, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N407UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
456
Aircraft time
78,727 hours, 30,148 cycles
Part
Selector Valve
Part number
114079016
Part serial
4107
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Landing Gear
Stage of operation
AP
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

GEAR NOT DOWNLOCKED DISPLAYED ON UPPER ECAM SCREEN. LG CYCLED GEAR AND WAITED OVER ONE MINUTE PER ECAM GEAR THEN XTENDED VERBAL FROM CREW. ON INITIAL ATTEMPT 3 GEAR DOORS OPENED GEAR DID NOT COME DOWN. CYCLED HANDLE TO UP. ON SECOND ATTEMPT EVER DOWN GEAR DID NOT COME DOWN AGAIN AND GOT AN ECAM MSG TO WAIT 120 SECONDS. AFTER ABOUT A MINUTE WITH LEVER STILL DOWN GEAR CAME DOWN WITH 3 GREEN LIGHTS. TROUBLESHOT PER TSM 32-31-00-810-808-A. REMOVED ASND REPLACED LANDING GEAR DOOR SELECTOR VALVE 1GA REF MM 32-31-34. PERFORMED FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF LANDING GEAR. REF MM 32-31-00. ALL LANDING GEAR AND DOOR INDICATIONS AND OPERATION NORMAL. NO LEAKS NOTED. ACFT RETURNED TO NORMAL CONFIG.

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