Service difficulty report · Sensor · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
March 6, 2011
Submitted
March 7, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N446UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
834
Aircraft time
42,513 hours, 17,080 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Sensor
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

RT GEAR DISAGREE FAULT, RTFL. PERFORMED VISUAL INSPECTION OF RT MLG UPLOCK AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS. NO DAMAGE NOTED, CONNECTORS INTACT AND CONNECTED TO UPLOCK. ACCOMPLISHED MLG AND NLG FULL STRUT SVC. FOUND SENSOR 25GA FAILING LGCIU GROUND SCAN. REPLACED NLG SENSOR 25GA PER MM, TESTED GOOD. ACCOMPLISHED FULL SERVICE OF RT MAIN GEAR STRUT AND FULL SVC OF NLG STRUT. TEST FLIGHT REQUIRED. NEED TO COMPLETE 2 CYCLE TEST FLIGHT DUE TO LANDING GEAR DISAGREE MESSAGE & GR INDICATION. TWO CYCLES REQUIRED TO ENSURE BOTH LGCUI'S ARE USED. TEST FLIGHT TO BE ACCOMPLISHED ON FLT 9931-06, DEN-DEN. CONFIRMED WITH SAMC. ACFT GOOD FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.

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