Service difficulty report · Rod · Airbus A319111

Difficulty date
January 29, 2010
Submitted
February 2, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N938FR
Make and model
Airbus A319111
Aircraft serial
2406
Aircraft time
17,672 hours, 8,667 cycles
Part
Rod
Part number
D5281007500200
Condition
Loose
Location
Nlg Door
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

MX NOTED THE RT FWD NLG DOOR IS CRACKED TOP TO BOTTOM AFT END OF DOOR AND FOUND AFT DOOR ROD ASSY WAS COMING UNSCREWED ALLOWING THE AFT DOOR TO HANG DOWN AND THE FWD DOOR CAUGHT ON THE AFT DURING GEAR RETRACTION DAMAGING THE FWD DOOR. MX REMOVED AND REPLACED BOTH ROD ASSEMBLIES ON THE RT FWD NLG AND ROD ASSEMBLIES WERE RIGGED AND THE NLG RETRACT TESTED NORMAL IAW AMM 32-31-00-720-003.

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