Service difficulty report · Valve · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
May 6, 2021
Submitted
May 18, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N721FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
477
Aircraft time
52,118 hours, 28,131 cycles
Part
Valve
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON APPROACH SELECTED GEAR DOWN. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR AND DOOR WERE SLOW ENOUGH TO CAUSE A GEAR NOT DOWN ECAM, BUT CANCELLED A FEW MOMENTS LATER AS THE CYCLE COMPLETED. NORMAL OPS THEEAFTER. DISCOVERED MATERIAL IN L/H MLG RESTRICTOR VALVE. REMOVED AND REPLACED RESTRICTOR VALVE IAW AMM A300-600 32-31-57-04. PERFORMED NORMAL EXTENSION AND RETRACTION TEST WITH SYS 1 AND SYS 2 IAW AMM 32-31-00-5. OPS CHECKED GOOD. NO LEAKS NOTED ON RESTRICTOR VALVE.

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