Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Airbus A300B4622

Difficulty date
December 6, 2011
Submitted
December 7, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N716FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622
Aircraft serial
358
Aircraft time
36,904 hours, 35,416 cycles
Part
Cylinder
Part number
C23199104
Part serial
B1329
Condition
Failed
Location
Nlg Door
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKE-OFF, DURING GEAR RETRACTION, AMBER LIGHT DOOR OPEN ON FORWARD PANEL AND UPPER PANEL, VIBRATIONS AFTER LEVEL-OFF AT FL330, AND LOWER ALTITUDES UNTIL LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED FOR LANDING, DOOR AMBER LIGHT CONTINUED ILLUMINATION DURING ENTIRE SEQUENCE, ALL QRH PROCEDURES APPLIED. R & I RT NOSE GEAR DOOR ACTUATING CYLINDER IAW AMM REF 32-31-16-04. PERFORMED ADJUSTMENT AND TEST IAW AMM 32-31-00-05. NO DEFECTS NOTED. ALL HYD FLUID LEVELS CHECKED GOOD.

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