Service difficulty report · Uplock · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
December 12, 2008
Submitted
December 15, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N650FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
726
Aircraft time
22,148 hours, 11,451 cycles
Part
Uplock
Part number
A254210012
Part serial
U159
Condition
Failed
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

ON FINAL NLG BOTH SYSTEMS SHOWED UNSAFE, GO AROUND TO HOLDING TO USE GRAVITY EXTEND PROCEDURES. THREE GREEN SAFE LIGHTS AFTER PROCEDURE WITH NORMAL LANDING, AND TOW IN CREW STATED GOT 3 UNLOCK (AMBER) RED LIGHT AND 2 GREEN LOCK LIGHTS ON MLG`S ON BOTH SYSTEMS BEFORE INITIATING GO-AROUND ADDED MPN A25421001-2, CPN 3211274 QTY 1 UPLOCK MSN 1114661. T/S PER TSM 32-30-00 PG112 FIG 117, AND DETERMINED THAT NLG UPLOCK ASSY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. R & R NLG UPLOCK ASSY IAW AMM 32-31-21-4, & CYCLED NOSE GEAR 8 TIMES WITH NO FAULTS OR LEAKS DURING RETRACTION OR EXTENSION OF NLG INTERROGATED PROX BOX AS A PRECAUTION, BUT NO FAULTS FOUND. ACFT OKAY FOR SERVICE.

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