Service difficulty report · Seal · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
January 7, 2010
Submitted
January 7, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N728FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
581
Aircraft time
40,945 hours, 21,014 cycles
Part
Seal
Condition
Leaking
Location
Pitch Damper
Component
Pitch Damper
Component part number
D226550003
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

LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF, TRIED BOTH SYS. HANDLE WOULD NOT GO PAST NEUTRAL POSITION. RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. FOUND HYD FLUID LEAKING FROM BOTTOM OF RT PITCH DAMPER AND PRESSURE INDICATOR POPPED. R & R RT MLG PITCH DAMPER IAW AMM 32-11-15-4 , SERVICED DAMPER IAW AMM 12-12-32. VERIFIED GEAR HANDLE OPERATION IAW 32-31-11-4 AND MM 32-00-00-5 UTILIZING LANDING GEAR RELAY TEST SET. SYS OP CHECKS NORMAL IAW SAME. LANDING GEAR HANDLE MOVES FREELY TO THE FULL UP AND THE FULL DOWN POSITIONS. CONFIRMED LEAKING SEALS

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