Service difficulty report · Uplock · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
September 4, 2013
Submitted
September 6, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N744FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
664
Aircraft time
62,263 hours, 19,462 cycles
Part
Uplock
Part number
A254310011
Part serial
M638
Condition
Broken
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 TAKEOFF, NOSE GEAR DOOR LIGHT STAYED ON. PRIOR TO LOWERING GEAR ON ARRIVAL, MOVED THE GEAR HANDLE TO NEUTRAL. NOSE GEAR DOORS APPEARED TO LOWER. HEARD INCREASING NOISE AND VIBRATION FROM NOSE AREA. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. ON BLOCK IN FOUND LT NOSE GEAR DOOR UPLOCK ACTUATOR HOOK BROKEN LOOSE. DOOR WAS PART WAY OPEN. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE LT NOSE GEAR DOOR UPLOCK ASSY IAW MM 32-31-14-04 OPS CHECKED NORMAL, OK FOR SERVICE

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