Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
July 8, 2010
Submitted
July 9, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N743FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
630
Aircraft time
51,061 hours, 16,708 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4158
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Malfunctioned
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

GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT ON T/O. SWITCHED TO SYS 1, NO JOY. COMPLIED WITH QRH. RETURNED FIELD. ALSO PITCH TRIM NR 2, ATS, NR 1 PRESSURE REGULATOR FAULTED AT SAME TIME. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO THROW THE HANDLE, WOULD NOT GO PAST HALFWAY. THEN GOT ECAM INDICATION, ALONG WITH PITCH TRIM, ATS, AND PRESS REG DROPPING OFF, THEN TRIED SYS 1. CREW STATED ACFT ACTED AS IF IT WAS STILL IN ' GROUND' MODE. ON WALKAROUND, NO OBVIOUS DEFECTS NOTED. CREW ALSO STATED ACFT WAS NOT PRESSURIZING. R & R PRESSURE INDICATOR REF MM 32-11-15-04-0 OPS CHECK NORMAL. CHECKED PROX BOX SHOWED NO FAULTS. PERFORMED GEAR SWING REF 32-31-00. AS PRECAUTIONARY R & R PROX DECTECTOR UNIT REF: MM 32-31-71-04. R & R LANDING GEAR HANDLE REF: 32-31-11-04. PERFORMED GEAR SWING ON BOTH SYS 1 AND 2. GEAR SWING NORMAL.

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