Service difficulty report · Switch · Airbus A300B4203

Difficulty date
February 22, 2007
Submitted
February 23, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N501TR
Make and model
Airbus A300B4203
Aircraft serial
53
Aircraft time
48,524 hours, 25,823 cycles
Part
Switch
Part number
221TS02Y02
Part serial
167
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Landing Gear
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

AFTER TAKEOFF FROM GSO, GOT NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR UNSAFE INDICATION, WHEN GEAR HANDLE WAS PLACED IN NEUTRAL POSITION ALL GEARS EXTENDED. RETURNED TO GSO AND MADE A SAFE LANDING. PERFORMED NORMAL SYSTEM LANDING GEAR RETRACTION IAW A300 MM 32-30-00 PAGE 501, 5 TIMES, NO FAULTS NOTED. AS PRECAUTION, THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL MICRO SWITCH UNIT WAS REPLACED AS MOST PROBABLE CAUSE. COMPLETED NORMAL SYSTEM LANDING GEAR RETRACTION TEST IAM 32-30-00 PAGE 501, NO DEFECTS NOTED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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