Service difficulty report · Dampener · Airbus A310222

Difficulty date
January 15, 2009
Submitted
January 16, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N421FE
Make and model
Airbus A310222
Aircraft serial
342
Aircraft time
44,848 hours, 16,835 cycles
Part
Dampener
Part number
D221270005
Part serial
DRG53
Condition
Leaking
Location
Mlg
Part time
28,692 hours, 22,659 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIR TURN BACK DUE TO GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT IN SYS 1 OR 2. ECAM L/G RETRACTION FAULT, LANDED AT 266.9 NOT OVERWEIGHT. ON WALK AROUND FOUND RT PITCH DAMPNER TRIPPED. ACFT BEING MOVED TO THE HANGAR FOR JACKING. REMOVED AND INSTALLED SERVICEABLE RT MLG PITCH DAMPNER REF MM 32-11-15-4. PERFORMED GEAR EXTENSION AND RETRACTION FOR BOTH SYSTEMS (1) AND (2) REF MM 32-31-00-5 (4) TIMES EACH, OPS CHECK NORMAL. LOWERED ACFT FROM JACKS, REF MM 07-11-00-0.

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