Service difficulty report · Uplock · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
August 18, 2018
Submitted
August 21, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N657FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
748
Aircraft time
33,850 hours, 17,965 cycles
Part
Uplock
Part number
A254310012
Part serial
U1312
Condition
Unknown
Location
Nlg
Part time
28,412 hours, 7,613 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

NOSE GEAR DOOR INDICATED NOT CLOSED ON FWD AND OVERHEAD PANELS. THE GEAR DOOR WAS RATTLING. DURING RETURN TO DEPARTURE, THE GEAR CAME DOWN AND LOCKED. ALL QUIET. LANDED WITH NO ADVERSE INDICATIONS. COMPLETED INSTALL OF LT AND RT NLG UPLOCK ASSEMBLIES IAW AMM 32-31-14-04 . PERFORMED A RIG AND OPS TESTS OF THE NLG DOOR SYSTEM AND FREE FALL CONTROL SYSTEM. ALL RIG AND OPS TESTED GOOD. AIRCRAFT WAS OK FOR RETURN TO SERVICE. PERFORMED A NLG NOSE GEAR TEST WITH MAIN GEAR ON GROUND IAW AMM 32-31-00. SWUNG NLG THREE TIMES. NO FAULTS NOTED.

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