Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
September 29, 2012
Submitted
October 1, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N727FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
579
Aircraft time
40,852 hours, 22,872 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
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 RETRACT, SYSTEM 2 CYCLE GEAR SAME RESULT. SWITCH TO SYSTEM 1, NO CHANGE AT FIRST, AFTER 2 OR 3 CYCLE ATTEMPS, GEAR RETRACTED. PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING IAW WIRING SHCEMATIC 32-31-00. SUSPECT SELECTOR VALVE MLG CONTROL OR SWITCH UNIT. R & R LANDING GEAR SELECTOR VALVE IAW MM 32-31-12-4, AND R & R LANDING GEAR CONTROL HANDLE SWITCH IAW MM 32-31-11-4 . PERFORMED GEAR SWINGS, NORMAL. OPS TESTED THREE TIMES ON EACH SYSTEM IAW MM 32-31-00-05-09, ALL GEAR RECTRACTED AND EXTENDED NORMALY ON BOTH SYSTEM. ALL OK, NO LEAKS FOUND ON SELECTOR VALVE DURING GEAR.

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