Service difficulty report · Outflow Valve · Airbus A310222

Difficulty date
April 3, 2007
Submitted
April 5, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N449FE
Make and model
Airbus A310222
Aircraft serial
217
Aircraft time
38,684 hours, 27,789 cycles
Part
Outflow Valve
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cabin Press Sys
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

NR 2 AUTO PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM FWD AND AFT VALVES WOULD NOT CLOSE. NR 1 SYSTEM COULD NOT CONTROL AIRCRAFT PRESSURE. ATTEMPTED TO CONTROL PRESSURIZATION MANUALLY. STILL COULD NOT CONTROL PRESSURIZATION WITH THE NR 2 FWD AND AFT VALVES IN THE OPEN POSITION ITEM CLOSED WITH OPS CK OK. REMOVED AND REPLACED FWD AND AFT OUTFLOW VALVES AND SYS 2 CONTROLLER, PRESSURIZED A/C AND CHECKED OPERATION.

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