Service difficulty report · Link · Airbus A330243F

Difficulty date
December 7, 2019
Submitted
December 9, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N330QT
Make and model
Airbus A330243F
Aircraft serial
1368
Aircraft time
25,501 hours, 8,229 cycles
Part
Link
Part number
10211101000
Part serial
12MG10034
Condition
Broken
Location
Rt Mlg
Part time
25,501 hours, 8,229 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FROM PILOT REPORT: "L/G R LENGTHENING FAULT". THE FAULT WAS PRESENT DURING CLIMB AFTER TAKE OFF AT MDE JMC INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE LANDING GEARS COULDN'T BE RETRACTED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE MDE BASE. ON GROUND THE (TSM) TROUBLE SHOOTING MANUAL TASK 32-30-00-810-817-A "MLG SHORTENING MECHANISM FAULT" WAS PERFORMED AND THE RH MLG SHORTENING MECHANISM TURNBUCKLE LINK (P/N 10-211101-000) WAS FOUND BROKEN.

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