Service difficulty report · Switch · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
December 3, 2015
Submitted
December 3, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N669FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
774
Aircraft time
276 hours, 15,146 cycles
Part
Switch
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
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

AFTER GEAR RETRACTION & GEAR HANDLE RETURNED TO NEUTRAL, RECEIVED A CTR DOOR AMBER LIGHT, COMPLIED WITH ONLY QRH PROCEDURE & RETURNED TO AIRPORT NORMALLY. USING SYS 2 LG DET SYS, NEVER SWAPPED TO SYS 1, DIDN'T GET AMBER DOOR LIGHT ON OVERHEAD PANEL, ONLY LG PANEL. ISOLATED NOSE GEAR UPLOCK ASSEMBLY MICRO SWITCH CONNECTORS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING. WHEN CONNECTOR 37GB WAS CONNECTED & OTHER CONNECTORS DISCONNECTED, HAD A HARD FAULT. AMBER DOOR LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE ON LOWER GEAR INDICATION PANEL. PERFORMED THIS SEVERAL TIMES & HARD FAULT WOULD OCCUR. R & R MICRO SWITCH 37GB, FAULT CLEARED & WOULD NOT REPEAT. OPERATIONS TESTED GOOD, NO FAULTS. REFERENCE MM 32-00-00-04, TSM 32-61-00 FIG 102 & MM 32-31-00.

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