Canada A333 at Vancouver on Apr 5th 2020, could not retract landing gear
Last Update: April 22, 2020 / 20:52:10 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 5, 2020
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-308
Departure
Vancouver, Canada
Destination
Montreal, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GFAJ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
The Canadian TSB reported maintenance found a spring was missing from inboard side of the left hand main gear uplock assembly. The uplock assembly was replaced and the landing gear tested serviceable.
The aircraft returned to service on Apr 8th 2020.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 5, 2020
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-308
Departure
Vancouver, Canada
Destination
Montreal, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GFAJ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
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