Air Canada A321 at Vancouver on Sep 29th 2012, gear fault upon retraction
Last Update: October 3, 2012 / 19:42:04 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 29, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-162
Departure
Vancouver, Canada
Destination
Toronto, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GITU
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
The Canadian TSB reported maintenance identified the left main gear uplock sensor's cannon plug had disconnected. The plug was cleaned and reconnected, subsequently the gear system tested functional.
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Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 29, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-162
Departure
Vancouver, Canada
Destination
Toronto, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GITU
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
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