Service difficulty report · Wire · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
August 20, 2018
Submitted
October 16, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N683FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
801
Aircraft time
27,779 hours, 15,290 cycles
Part
Wire
Part serial
801
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

UPON GEAR RETRACTION LDG GEAR SYS 1 AND 2 WOULD NOT RETRACT THE GEAR. EXAM LG RETRACTION FAULT. THEN PITCH TRIM 1 AND 2 FAULTED. FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF AUTOPILOT 1 AND 2, AUTO THROTTLES AND FLIGHT DIRECTOR ON CAPT AND F/O SIDE. FOUND CONNECTOR 39GB ON NLG UPLOCK WITH WIRES BROKEN. REPLACED PLUG 39GB AND RETERMINATED WIRES AT 39GB REF WDM 32-61-02, WDM 34-45-02 AND ESPM CHAPTER 20. FOUND LOOSE NOSE GEAR TORQUE LINK PROX SENSORS MOUNTING NUT. TIGHTENED SECURED HARDWARE AND COTTER KEYED IN REFERENCE TO STANDARD MX PRACTICES, OPS CKD BOTH SYSTEM 1 AND SYSTEM 2 SEVERAL TIMES IN REFERENCE TO AMM 32-31-00 P BLOCK 501.

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