Service difficulty report · Isolation Valve · Airbus A310

Difficulty date
December 23, 2003
Submitted
December 23, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N443FE
Make and model
Airbus A310
Aircraft serial
283
Aircraft time
35,598 hours, 17,631 cycles
Part
Isolation Valve
Part number
B38QA6505
Part serial
2014
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
A/C System
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON DEPARTURE OUT OF MEM AT 3,000 VERY STRONG ODOR IN COCKPIT / TURNED BACK TO MEM. ON DESCENT TO 3,000 ODOR CAME BACK. AVIONICS FLOW LIGHT CAME ON DURING DEPT. FOLLOWED ECAM SELECTED, OVERBOARD. REMOVED AND REPLACED ISOLATION VALVE PER AIR BUS MM 21-23-12-4. OPS CHECK GOOD. R/I FROM FACT PREMATURE REMOVAL/INSTALLATION OFF MFG B38QA6505, POS P2 SRL 2014, TAG 999062 ON MFG B38QA6505 SRL 102, TAG 265720.

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