Service difficulty report · Safety Valve · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
May 8, 2011
Submitted
June 3, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N424UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
506
Aircraft time
56,459 hours, 20,847 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Safety Valve
Part number
1905A000001
Part serial
01036
Condition
Faulty
Location
Landing Gear
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

LDG GEAR HANDLE BINDS ON RETRACTION. HANDLE ASSEMBLY IS LOOSE. REPLACED LANDING GEAR LEVER CONTROL ASSY IAW MM AND TEST IAW TASK. TESTS NORMAL. NEED TO CHECK EXTENDED PROXIMITY SENSORS RESISTANCE REF TSM. FOUND NLG SENSOR 24GA WIRING TO LGCIU NR 1 SHORTING TO GROUND, LGCIU PINS 3C AND 3D. ALL OTHER EXTEND SENSORS CHK NORMAL PER TSM. MX REPLACED BOTH LGCIUS AS REQUESTED. AFTER CONVERSATION WITH MOC L/G GURU, RECOMMEND REPLACING THE LANDING GEAR SAFETY VALVE, DUE TO SLOW NOSE GEAR TO RETRACT AFTER TO. 49GA, 644-0175 ON ORDER FROM SFOJJ. REPLACED L/G SAFETY VALVE.

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