Service difficulty report · Actuator · Airbus A300B4203

Difficulty date
March 27, 2002
Submitted
April 2, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N365DH
Make and model
Airbus A300B4203
Aircraft serial
149
Part
Actuator
Part number
C23199103
Part serial
B176
Condition
Bypassing
Location
Nlg Door
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

UPON GEAR RETRACTION NOSE GEAR YELLOW LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON BOTH FRONT S/O PANEL LIGHTS REMAIN LIT FOR 5 MIN SPEED WAS APPROX 245 KTS WHEN PLANE STARTED VIBRATING. SLOWER TO 220 KTS RAISE GEAR HANDLE TO UP POSITION BOTH YELLOW LIGHTS WENT OUT MAINTAIN 270 KTS. FOUND R/S NOSE GEAR DOOR ACTUATOR BYPASSING FLUID REMOVED AND REPLACED R/S NOSE DOOR ACTUATOR AS PER MM 32-31-16, GROUND OPS NORMAL.

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