Service difficulty report · Pump · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
September 12, 2002
Submitted
September 13, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N679FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
793
Aircraft time
5,745 hours, 3,053 cycles
Part
Pump
Condition
Leaking
Location
Green System
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

EN ROUTE AT FL310 GREEN HYD QUANTITY WENT TO RED DOT WITH ECAM NOTIFICATION. FOLLOWED ECAM AND QRH PROCEDURES. DURING REMAINDER OF FLT GREEN HYD QTY APPEARED TO CONTINUE LEAKING BELOW THE RED DOT. GRAVITY EXT OF GEAR WAS NORMAL AND WE WERE TOWED IN. ACFT DECLARED EMERGENCY FOR LANDING DUE TO NO NLG STEERING CAPABILITIES. DURING TROUBLE SHOOTING OF HYDRO GREEN SYSTEM FOUND GREEN SIDE OF G/Y PTU PUMP LEAKING HEAVY AT PUMP HOUSING MATING SURFACES. R/R'D GREEN AND YELLOW PTU PER MM 29-23-11-4,OPS AND IK CKED GOOD SCV BOTH RESERVOIR. INDG GEAR FREE FALL EXT SYS OK PER PER 32-33-00-0.

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