Service difficulty report · Uplock Actuator · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
February 8, 2019
Submitted
February 8, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N690FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
876
Aircraft time
16,211 hours, 9,067 cycles
Part
Uplock Actuator
Part number
A254210012
Part serial
H0318
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nlg
Part time
16,211 hours, 9,067 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON CONFIGURING TO LAND, WHEN HANDLE LOWERED, RECEIVED UNSAFE NLG INDICATION ON PANELS, & ECAM. POSITION DETECTOR SWITCHED FROM NR 2 - NR 1, SAME RESULTS. LOW APPROACH. COMPLIED WITH QRH. NLG GREEN INDICATION AFTER MANUAL EXTENSION. DECLARED EMERGENCY, UNEVENTFUL LANDING, COMPLETED NLG UPLOCK INSTALL IAW AMM 32-31-21-04. LUBRICATED NLG, IAW AMM 12-22-32-00. PERFORMED NLG SWING SEVERAL TIMES ON SYSTEMS NR 1 & 2. OPS CHECKED GOOD. INDICATIONS NORMAL, NO DEFECTS NOTED IAW AMM 32-31-00-05. PERFORMED LANDING GEAR FREE FALL TEST, IAW AMM 32-33-00-5. OPS CHECKS NORMAL. A/C OK FOR SERVICE.

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