Service difficulty report · Uplock · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
March 13, 2010
Submitted
March 23, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N656FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
745
Aircraft time
23,000 hours, 11,827 cycles
Part
Uplock
Part number
A254520013
Part serial
H202
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Zone 700
Part time
15,047 hours, 7,974 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

UNSAFE RT MAIN ON TAKEOFF GEAR RETARDATION. ON BOTH OVERHEAD AND PANEL- LOWER GEAR. GOOD INDICATIONS LANDED NO PROBLEM. FOUND FAULT CODES 63 AND 70. R & R PROX BOX REF AMM 32-31-71-4. R & R RT GEAR SEQUENCE VALVE. REPLACED RT MAIN GEAR RESTRICTOR VALVE. REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION OF RT MAIN GEAR UPLOCK. REF AMM 32-31-57-4, 32-31-44-4 AND 32-31-37-4, OK FOR SERVICE. AWAITING TDR RESULTS.

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