Service difficulty report · Door · Airbus A300B4203

Difficulty date
April 23, 2005
Submitted
April 25, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N504TA
Make and model
Airbus A300B4203
Aircraft serial
216
Aircraft time
44,175 hours, 21,633 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Missing
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
D, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SHOWED UNSAFE IN THE RETRACTED POSITION ON BOTH FWD AND F/E INDICATORS. AIRCRAFT LANDED NORMAL. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED A GEAR SWING TEST IAW MM 32-30-00 PAGE BLOCK 501. FOUND LT GEAR DOOR MALFUNCTIONED UPON RETRACTION TEST. REMOVED AND DE-ACTIVATED LT GEAR DOOR IAW 32-00 PAGE 437. ASSIGNED CDL 52-9 LT GEAR DOOR MISSING.

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