Service difficulty report · Valve · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
April 20, 2010
Submitted
April 26, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N463UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1282
Aircraft time
35,357 hours, 13,213 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Valve
Part number
BHC106004
Part serial
4146
Condition
Faulty
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

LGCIU FAULT. ON APPCH L/G DID NOT EXTEND ON FIRST ATTEMPT. HAS HISTORY. ACFT IS UP ON JACKS T-S'ING. NEED TO REPLACE PRIORITY VALVE. PRIORITY VALVE REPLACED. ACCOMPLISHED SUCCESSFUL LEAK CHECK. CYCLED GEAR SEVERAL TIMES, OPS OK. NO MESSAGES. ALSO CK'D FREE FALL EXTENSION PRECAUTIONARY. REPLACED BSCU. R & R NLG OPENING 2630G M SAFETY VALVE. WHILE ACFT ON JACKS ALL DOORS AND GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY WITH HYD POWER. REPLACED GREEN SYS LANDING GEAR SAFETY VALVE. 49 GA. VALVE REQUIRES OPS CK. T/S FOUND FAULT WITH NR 1 LGCIU, AND NLG DOOR ACT. REPLACED NR 1 LGCIU, CYCLED GEAR 10 TIMES NO FAULTS, ACP'D MANUAL EXTENSION 6 TIMES, EACH TIME SYS OPERATED NORMAL. REPLACED NLG DOOR ACTUATING CYLINDER.

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