Service difficulty report · Uplock · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
March 13, 2010
Submitted
March 15, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N441UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
751
Aircraft time
40,948 hours, 16,208 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Uplock
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nlg
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

NLG ISSUE, RTFL. REPLACED NOSE RETRACT ACTUATOR. CYCLED ALL GEAR THROUGH 2TWO COMPLETE CYCLES AND CYCLED NOSE GEAR AN ADDITIONAL NINE TIMES. ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL IN FLIGHT DECK. REPLACED BOTH LG CIU 1 & 2 IAW MM. REPLACED LANDING GEAR SAFETY VALVE. REPLACED NLG UPLOCK ASSY. PERFORMED GEAR SWING. ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL.

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