Service difficulty report · Controller · Airbus A310

Difficulty date
July 17, 2002
Submitted
July 23, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N448FE
Make and model
Airbus A310
Aircraft serial
260
Aircraft time
34,007 hours, 24,493 cycles
Part
Controller
Part number
82010B040901
Part serial
UNK
Location
Zone 300
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CLIMBING OUT OF SEA, ECAM ALERT - "EXCESS CAB ALT". DONNED O2 MASKS AND TRIED TO TROUBLESHOOT PROBLEM. SWAPPED REGULATORS FOR PRESS. TRIED MANUALLY PRESS AIRPLANE. NO SUCCESS. RETURNED TO SEA FOR LANDING. UPON BLOCK-IN, COULD NOT TEST EITHER SYS 1 OR 2. FOUND #1 SYS BITE UNIT ROTARY SWITCH OUT OF "NORM FLT" POSITION. RESET TO NORMAL POSITION AND #1 UNIT TESTS OK PER A310 MM 21-31-00-5-01. OK FOR SERVICE.

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