Service difficulty report · Hinge Fitting · Airbus A310203

Difficulty date
October 30, 2012
Submitted
November 7, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N403FE
Make and model
Airbus A310203
Aircraft serial
230
Aircraft time
37,852 hours, 31,675 cycles
Part
Hinge Fitting
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Mlg Door
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

LEFT MLG UNSAFE DOOR INDICATION ON T/O. THEN UNSAFE MLG INDICATION ON APPROACH. FOUND LT MLG CENTER HINGE FITTINGS FRACTURED AT ACTUATOR ATTACHEMENT LUG, AND CROSSOVER BEAM FITTING CRACKED. REMOVED AND REPLACED LT MLG CENTER HINGE FITTINGS AND CROSSOVER BEAM FITTING IAW DWG A53833516, A53811470, SRM 51-72-10.

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