Service difficulty report · Selector Valve · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
February 21, 2015
Submitted
February 23, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N743FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
630
Aircraft time
570 hours, 20,080 cycles
Part
Selector Valve
Part number
A2519903
Part serial
U106
Condition
Failed
Location
Landing Gear
Part time
9,623 hours, 5,331 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
L

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ON APPROACH RNWY 03, CREW LOWERED GEAR HANDLE, GOT 3 RED UNLOCK LIGHT ONLY. EXECUTED GO AROUND. APPROX 15 TO 20 SECONDS LATER, GEAR HANDLE REMAINED DOWN, AMBER DOOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED & GEAR WENT TO 3 DOWN & LOCKED. DURING THE 15 - 20 SECONDS, ECAM ANNUNCIATED, LG NOT DOWN LOCKED. LG GRAVITY EXT ECAM INDICATION CLEARED WHEN GEAR CAME DOWN. HYD QTY INDICATOR ON OVERHEAD, GREEN, WENT FULL SCALE FULL, THEN NORMAL WITH GEAR DOWN. REPLACED LG SELECTOR VLV 3 GAUGE. LEAK & OPERATIONS CHECKS GOOD & NORMAL IAW AMM 32-31-12-04. OK FOR SERVICE.

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