Service difficulty report · Valve · Aerosp ATR72212

Difficulty date
January 20, 2012
Submitted
January 23, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N348AE
Make and model
Aerosp ATR72212
Aircraft serial
349
Aircraft time
33,683 hours, 37,754 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
MS288892
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nlg Strut
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

THE CREW REPORTED THAT ON DEPARTURE, WHEN GEAR HANDLE SELECTED UP, MLG DID NOT RETRACT. UNSAFE INDICATIONS ON OVERHEAD AND NORMAL GEAR INDICATOR PANEL. THE ACFT WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE. FOUND NLG GAS CHARGING VALVE LEAKING AND NO NITROGEN CHARGE IN NLG. R & T NLG GAS CHARGING VALVE IAW CMM 32-28-01 AND SERVICED NLG IAW JIC 12-12-32. LEAK CHECK EXTENSION CHECK GOOD, SEE ITEM NR 2 FOR GEAR SWING. THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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