Service difficulty report · Damper · Airbus A310222

Difficulty date
July 13, 2014
Submitted
July 15, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N453FE
Make and model
Airbus A310222
Aircraft serial
267
Aircraft time
38,087 hours, 18,590 cycles
Part
Damper
Part number
D221270005
Part serial
DRG28
Condition
Leaking
Location
Rt Mlg
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

ON DEPARTURE LG WOULD NOT RETRACT. TRIED BOTH SYS 1 & SYS 2 & QRH, NO HELP. RT GEAR PITCH DAMPER POPPED WITH THE REAR SEAL BLOWN ALL THE WAY OUT. R & R RT MAIN GEAR PITCH DAMPER IAW AMM 32-11-15-04-01. FOUND RT MLG BOGIE SENSOR SUPPORT BROKEN CAUSING GEAR NOT TO RETRACT. REMOVED RT MLG BOGIE PROX SENSOR SUPPORT IAW MM 32-11-14-4.

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