Service difficulty report · Strut · Airbus A319131

Difficulty date
December 23, 2008
Submitted
December 23, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N833UA
Make and model
Airbus A319131
Aircraft serial
1401
Aircraft time
27,864 hours, 10,991 cycles
Engine
Iae V2522A5
Part
Strut
Condition
Low
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

UNABLE TO MOVE LANDING GEAR HANDLE. NLG EXT PROX SENSOR 25GA TGT POS AND 24GA TGT POS WERE FLAGGED ON PFR. ACCOMPLISHED GENERAL INSP OF NOSE GEAR AND TORQUE LINK ASSY, CHECKS OK. FOUND STRUT INFLATION LOW. ACCOMPLISHED FULL SERVICE OF NLG, NO LEAKS. STRUT LEVEL NOW CORRECT. WILL NEED NLG SWING AND PROX SENSOR GAP CHECK WHEN AIRCRAFT NOSE IS JACKED. LINK ASSY THAT ATTACHES 24GA AND 25GA PROX SENSOR TARGET LEVER TO THE NLG UPPER TORQUE LINK IS BENT. REMOVED DAMAGED LINK ASSY. NEED TO INSTALL NEW LINK ASSY. REPLACED LINK ASSY. JACKED NOSE GEAR AND RETRACTED AND EXTENDED NOSE GEAR. OPS CHECK OKAY.

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