Service difficulty report · Selector Valve · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
August 23, 2016
Submitted
August 23, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N726FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
575
Aircraft time
50,633 hours, 26,040 cycles
Part
Selector Valve
Part number
A2519903
Part serial
U8
Condition
Unserviceable
Location
Landing Gear
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

DURING FINAL, SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND HAD AMBER DOOR LIGHTS AND RED GEAR LIGHT FOR LONGER THAN USUAL FOLLOWED BY ECAM GEAR NOT DOWN AND LOCKED. EXECUTED GO AROUND, RAISED GEAR SUCCESSFULLY. SWITCHED POSITION DETECTOR TO SYSTEM 2 AND LOWERED GEAR HANDLE WITH AMBER DOOR LIGHTS AND RED GEAR LIGHT LONGER THAN USUAL AGAIN WITH ECAM GEAR NOT DOWN ALERT, BUT A MOMENT LATER RECEIVED A GREEN GEAR DOWN INDICATION ON INST PANEL AND OVERHEAD. INSTALLED SERVICEABLE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR VALVE, 3GA, AMM 32-31-12-04. PERFORMED A LANDING GEAR ELECTRO VALVE CHECK REF AMM 32-31-12-06, LEAK CHECK GOOD AND GEAR EXTENSION, RETRACTION ON BOTH SYS NR 1 AND NR 2 REF AMM 32-31-00--05-09, ALL TEST GOOD.

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