SDR 0601773230

Service difficulty report · Accumulator · Airbus A320211

Difficulty date: August 6, 2006
Submitted: August 9, 2006
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N330NW
Make and model: Airbus A320211
Aircraft serial: 307
Aircraft time: 44,187 hours, 19,851 cycles
System (JASC): 2911 · Hydraulic Power Accumulator, Main
Part: Accumulator
Condition: Cracked
Location: Hyd System
Stage of operation: CR
How discovered: V
Nature of condition: K, J
Precautionary procedure: A

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

What was found

IN CRUISE, HYDRAULIC GREEN RESERVOIR LO LEVEL MESSAGE, WITH FLUID LEVEL INDICATED IN AMBER. FOLLOWED COM PROCEDURE. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED INTO IAD FOR ITS LONGER RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AND WAS TOWED TO GATE. MAINTENANCE FOUND GREEN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM ACCUMULATOR CRACKED, AND REMOVED AND REPLACED SAME.

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