Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
December 9, 2014
Submitted
December 15, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N745FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
668
Aircraft time
60,968 hours, 20,038 cycles
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Lack Of Lube
Location
Nose
Stage of operation
LD
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

DURING APPROACH AT 180 KNOTS, LOWERED THE GEAR HANDLE, THE MAIN GEAR INDICATED DOWN & LOCKED ON ALL THREE SYS WHILE THE NOSE GEAR SHOWED NOT DOWN & LOCKED ON ALL THREE SYS & THE ECAM. FOLLOWED THE ECAM & QRH PROCEDURES TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE NOSE GEAR. THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT LOCK DOWN WHEN CRANKED. THE NOSE GEAR FINALLY LOCKED DOWN AFTER ACCELERATING TO 260 KIAS & MAKING A 26 DEGREE BANKED TURN. LANDED WITH GEAR DOORS OPEN. LANDING GEAR RETRACTION SYS INOPERATIVE. PERFORMED A GVI ON NOSE GEAR, DOORS & ASSOCIATED SYS IAW AMM 32-20-00-6 & 32-21-00-6, NO DISCREPANCIES FOUND. PERFORMED A GVI ON NOSE GEAR, DOORS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS PER AMM 32-20-00-6 AND 32-21-00-6, NO DISCREPANCIES FOUND. PERFORMED NORMAL EXTENSION INSPECTION CHECK IAW AMM 32-31-00-06. ONLY DEFECT FOUND WAS NUMEROUS GREASE FITTINGS WERE DRY. LUBRICATED THE NLG IAW AMM 12-33-32-00. PERFORMED NORMAL EXTENSION AND RETRACTION IAW AMM 32-31-00-05-09 AND FREE FALL EXTENSION TEST IAW 32-33-00-05 NUMEROUS TIMES. NO DEFECTS NOTED.

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