Service difficulty report · Selector Valve · Airbus A310222

Difficulty date
February 8, 2011
Submitted
February 9, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N455FE
Make and model
Airbus A310222
Aircraft serial
331
Aircraft time
36,173 hours, 16,530 cycles
Part
Selector Valve
Part number
A2519903
Part serial
386
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND WHEN HANDLE WAS PLACED DOWN. PERFORMED "GRAVITY EXTENSION" IAW QRH. EMERGENCY DECLARED AND ACFT WAS STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY BECAUSE OF NWS. LOOKED AT BOTH SYS 1 & 2 BEFORE EXTENDING GEAR MANUALLY. R & R LANDING GEAR SELECTOR VALVE IAW AMM 32-31-12-04, ALL TESTS AND LEAK CHECK GOOD. ACFT OK FOR SERVICE.

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