Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
April 21, 2011
Submitted
April 26, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N669FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
774
Aircraft time
21,914 hours, 11,832 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nose
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR ON FINAL AND RECEIVED A DUAL SYSTEM NLG RED "UNLOCK" . MISSED APPROACH AND COMPLIED WITH ECAM ( AFTER REVEIWING QRH) TO GRAVITY EXTEND PROCEDURE. AFTER SAME RED "UNLOCK" OCCURRED. COMMUNICATION WITH MX AND REVERSED GRAVITY EXT. CRANK TO ALLOW SYSTEM 1 AND 2 NORMAL RETRACT AND THEN EXTEND CYCLE TO ATTEMPT NORMAL INDICATION OF DOWN AND LOCKED. 2 CYCLES, STILL RED "UNLOCK" BOTH TIMES VISUAL E/E COMPARTMENT INSPECT WERE UNLOCKED. INDICATION RETURNED TO NORMAL DOWN FINISHED REMOVAL OF RETRACT ACTUATOR AND INSTALLED NEW ACTUATOR IAW AMM 32-31-22-04. REMOVED AND REPLACED NLG TELESCOPIC STRUT ASSY PER MOCC. CYCLED NLG 10 TIMES. FUNCTION AND LEAK CHECKED GOOD ON BOTH WITH HYDRAULICS.

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