Service difficulty report · Uplock · Airbus A310222

Difficulty date
March 10, 2009
Submitted
March 11, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N417FE
Make and model
Airbus A310222
Aircraft serial
333
Aircraft time
44,109 hours, 22,319 cycles
Part
Uplock
Part number
A254510023
Part serial
U1777
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Mlg
Part time
2,305 hours, 1,217 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

WHEN RAISING LANDING GEAR ON TAKEOFF, HEARD LOUD BANG AND INCREASING NOISE. THEN AFTER SEVERAL SECONDS, BETWEEN 1000-1500FT, RECEIVED AMBER ECAM ALERT MLG RETRACTION FAULT. ALL DOOR LIGHTS WERE AMBER. COMPLIED WITH QRH PUT MLG DOWN. NORMAL INDICATIONS UNEVENTFUL LANDING. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RT MLG UPLOCK ASSY AS PER AMM 32-31-44-4. HAND OVER THE TESTS AND LEAK CHECK TO THE NEXT SHIFT. PERFORMED MLG FREE FALL EXTENSION FUNCTIONAL TEST AS PER AMM32-33-00-5 AND PERFORMED MLG NORMAL EXTENSION AND RETRACTION FUNCTIONAL TEST AS PER AMM 32-31-00-5, NO ABNORMALITY AND HYD LEAKAGE FOUND.

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